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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
5.0
Apr 15, 2017

Good company culture

Recommend
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Pros

I've had lots of opportunities in Power Delivery both in professional development/advancement and in project work. Worked on projects all over the US and have been able to work with people in about half our offices, and nearly everyone is great/helpful.

Cons

Some struggles with growth, always new people (mainly adding), but most adapt quickly. Always minor annoyances, but nothing major that I'm worried about.

4.0
Apr 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Casual work environment, no micromanagement (doesn't apply to all project managers), company invests in employee continued education.

Cons

No inter-office or inter-division communication. Some offices that are engineering only didn't even know the company had an environmental division, and many opportunities were lost. Project managers are responsible for bring projects in to their offices, but if they do, they sub work out to their favorite subconsultants from former jobs or do most of the work themselves in attempts to keep costs down (which makes one wonder what they charge time to). Upper management appears to focus attention on "home" offices (Idaho offices) only, and give no attention to other offices (which are still considered satellite offices). Pay is based on Idaho pay scales, which don't reflect the realities of average pay scales in non-Idaho offices, especially offices in large metropolitan areas. Employees are sometimes refused promotion because it would make them too expensive to use on proposals, but this is supposed to be a secret. New environmental division manager focuses too much on the numbers and not enough on what causes them to fall (hint: take a hard look at the project managers).

4.0
Apr 6, 2017

Stable place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good training opportunities, good 401k match, GREAT medical benefits, profit sharing. Opportunity for relocation throughout the US. Good comraderie between US offices.

Cons

Can get pigeon-holed in a job without advancing without going back to school for a particular field of study. Pay raises are annual but are minimal.

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