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4.2

79% would recommend to a friend

(685 total reviews)
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Holger Peller

79% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

POWER Engineers has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 685 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The POWER Engineers 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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685 reviews
4.0
May 7, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Health insurance is pretty good and covers some alternative medicines. Office dress code is nonexistent unless you are going to offsite meetings. The smaller departments have big career building opportunities and many of the older employees are beginning to retire and create a promotion vacuum.

Cons

Offices are out of date cube farms with little sunlight or windows. Hours are rigidly fixed from 8am-5pm with an hour lunch at noon at most offices except for a few smaller independent departments that allow flex schedules. Sick and vacation time are separate benefits and sick time is very difficult to use. You can't cash out your sick time either, so after a few years you max out on sick hours and stop accumulating them all together. Vacation time is limited to 2 weeks a year for your first 5 years and must be accumulated before being used. No location adjustment is made to salaries even if your home office is in an expensive city or region. No company stock options unless you are one of the golden children and have been at the company for a long time.

1.0
Aug 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

You can wear jeans to work.

Cons

They are stuck somewhere between the 1950s and 1970s. In Idaho, no less. Incredibly poor (/non competitive) benefits. Poor vacation accrual, very poor medical and dental coverage, and they're very adverse to working from home.

4.0
Jan 25, 2023

Great Company, Bad Pay

Recommend
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Pros

POWER is a great great company. Overall its a great place to start your career, learn and grow as an engineer or designer. There's a lot of great people and the culture is very supportive of personal and professional growth. There is a real understanding and support for people with families that need flexibility. Likewise, the culture is genuinely supportive of good work life balance and treating employees like people. Overall the management is good, with lots of hard working and caring department managers. The benefits package meets or exceeds industry standards at every level.

Cons

They do not compensate employees for their work. The pay is below industry average and the typical response from upper management when approached about this issue is that there needs to be an emphasis on culture. While I certainly agree the culture at POWER is great, unfortunately culture does not pay my mortgage or send my kids to college. Despite claiming to have done extensive industry research, the company has failed to keep up with market value for engineers, falling at least 20-30% below most other companies. Personally, I have seen competitors offering 60-70% more. Which is why I ultimately decided to leave.

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POWER Engineers Response
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Thank you so much for your honest review. Many of our team members noted that pay is a major concern in our most recent employee survey. We’re adding dedicated resources to take a look at our compensation packages and ensure they remain competitive. We truly appreciate the time you took to share!
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