POET reviews

4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(454 total reviews)
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Jeff Broin

93% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

POET has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 454 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The POET employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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454 reviews
1.0
May 12, 2017

Terrible Management

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Pros

Decent pay for the area.

Cons

The hiring process takes literally over a month. The pay is horrible for the industry as a whole. The management team treats non-management as second class citizens. They say they prefer to promote from within, but 90% of advancement opportunities are filled with inexperienced outside candidates. They won't give a raise that puts you earning more than anyone who's been employed for any amount of time longer than you, despite knowledge, work ethic, abilities, etc., because it would be "unfair". Eligible employees disappear when profit sharing time comes around. You're forced to sign a 2 year non-compete regardless of position, this seems to be to keep you from going to another company for higher pay and better benefits. If they do promote from within they'll choose literally the worst employees, not figuratively, the ones who repeatedly break the "zero tolerance" rules. The maintenance team sits around watching youtube and napping. The plant is perpetually understaffed for all these reasons.

1.0
Mar 12, 2015

Maintenance

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Pros

Profit sharing IF they make money and IF you qualify.

Cons

Absolutely 0 training. Figure it out yourself and good luck. Then you have safety geeks peering around the corner and taking notes for upper management. Also you have employees who are on a continual coffee break going from department to department spreading their gossip.

1.0
Aug 12, 2010

Stay away from this place.

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Pros

They have a nice corporate building that is half empty.

Cons

No communication. Big egos. Me me me attitude.

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