Philadelphia Gas Works reviews

The Union leadership really needs to step up or get out of the way. They spend way too much time protecting crappy workers and fighting ridiculous battles, all in the name of, "We're just doing our job." I wish they would realize that what they're really doing is hurting the rest of us and making it more difficult for the company to maintain the good wages and benefits that we enjoy. Good workers should be paid well. Bad workers and cry babies, who constantly hide behind the Union, don't deserve the job.

Managers and development cons • There isn’t enough transparency and too much secrecy. • There is not enough development. Employees don’t want to feel like they are just working to grow PGW, but we want growth too. • Managers need to have more open communication verbally. Saying your door is open anytime doesn’t count. Only delegating is not leadership! Come out your office and get to know your employees. • It can take a while for change to happen because of the different areas you have to go through. • Long tenured employees so less and slower advancement. • You cannot live outside of the city. • Managers should include their direct reports in decision making processes. • Managers should understand the importance of meeting with their employees privately beyond review time. • Develop your employees! Everyone at PGW isn’t here to just work and retire there are employees that want to grow and advance beyond their position. • They should offer training classes that is mandatory for anyone in a leadership position to attend and have it conducted from an outside company who specializes in that area. • Allow employees the option to provide written feedback on their performance reviews. We are told how we did and sign off on it and that's it. Provide developmental goals. Get to know what we want to do at PGW. Don't just assign goals that only helps PGW grow. Work environment cons • Enhance systems so employees can work smarter and not harder. • Due to long tenure, expect that if you have an issue to discuss with the person you report to and it's related to someone else; its very likely they are friends with that person and everyone else you know which impacts trust. • Not a team environment. I can deal with that but I shouldn't have to deal with rude coworkers that give you a hard time because that's "just how they are". Yes, these are adults that are supposed to be working professionals who act like this. Managers just turn the other cheek and ignore it. • A lot of cliques which takes away from the "team" aspect that is already lacking. • Often, I feel like an adult but in high school most days in my department because of the gossiping. • Pest control issues like mice and cockroaches. Please stop spraying when employees are around and claiming it's safe! • People smoke right in front of the building! This should not be allowed because people who are non-smokers prefer to not walk through it and would like to enjoy standing outside without taking in dangerous 2nd hand smoke. • Poor air quality in buildings. • Some employees are not as professional and cursing is a “norm” when they are interacting with you on a non-personal level. This is called unprofessional not needing tough skin. Work life balance cons • As someone mentioned, there is a work from home policy but I was never given the option until COVID-19. Most companies have this in place and before COVID-19, I don’t think anyone really worked from home. Offer a few days a week or at the department discretion to decide how that works since every area is different to offer work life balance. For example, allow working from home during bad weather so we don't have to just call out and waste a day. If an employee has an appointment allow them to continue the day at home so additional time isn't wasted traveling back to work or using PTO when they can work. Options like this makes a world of a difference! • Offer more alternative times and flexibility for compressed work schedules. Keep in mind the latest parents can drop their child off at school and then they have travel to work. • Family oriented company should offer more options like telecommuting beyond a pandemic and flexible work arrangements.