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Portland General Electric

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Portland General Electric reviews

4.3

82% would recommend to a friend

(416 total reviews)
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Maria Pope

86% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Portland General Electric has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 416 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Portland General Electric 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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416 reviews
1.0
Jan 27, 2020

"Chaos" would be an understatement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay. Benefits are pretty good. 25% reduction in electrical bill.

Cons

Management in both front and back offices of customer service are dysfunctional and that is being kind. Favoritism and cronyism are rampant. A very stressful work environment and laughable micromanaging are the new norm. This has led to a brain drain where a lot of excellent staff have either left or are actively looking to leave . And that is probably okay with PGE. The excellent quote from the review below (see the review "Avoid the HR Dept" below) is thus worth repeating "The company tries to look like they are not discriminating against older workers and tenured employees but if you make people miserable enough they will simply self-select out making it easier to justify your analytics. " . Head count reduction 101.

2.0
Jan 16, 2020

Caution!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits are offered at PGE, even in Customer Service.

Cons

Chaos reigns throughout this company. If you are hourly, expect severe micromanagement and plan to work overtime as they are short staffed. If salaried, you will pay dearly for that salary (too much unhealthy stress).

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