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      POET

      Engaged Employer

      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

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Senior management

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      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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      Reviews by job title

      454 reviews
      1.0
      Jun 22, 2020

      Success depends on your last name

      Tech
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The outside look that you are cared about.

      Cons

      Nepotism and favoritism run this company. If you have the last name of someone important within the company your job is secure. You can show up late everyday, flirt with management, do far less than most others, and keep your job. If you outperform your peers and have a great attitude but lack the important last name. You're screwed. As soon as COVID hit there were multiple conversations about how secure everyone was and the business was essential. Less than one month later several dozen people were fired over Zoom.

      1.0
      Jul 12, 2017

      Horrible place to work never again!

      Plant technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Starting pay is good. That's it.

      Cons

      Swing shifts. Plant techs are the lowest "class" of the hierarchy. Shift supervisors act like they are better than the techs, talk down to the techs, talk about people behind their backs, push out anyone that doesn't follow blindly and don't care about their teams. Shift supervisors leave early come in late and don't follow the rules especially during night shifts. Supervisors don't care about their teams or what the techs might have going on in their lives. Basically the shift supervisors run all over you and couldn't care less about the people they are supposed to train and make no secrets about it. Good ol boy system at it's finest!!!

      2.0
      Mar 31, 2016

      Engineer

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Not too many employers in South Dakota. With the revolving door you can expect a position opening up anytime.

      Cons

      Working at POET is like working in a pressure cooker environment. If you are a good performer you will be expected to pickup the slack of others. Burn-out and turn over is very high. See the number of positions continuously open.

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