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Southern California Edison

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Southern California Edison reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,755 total reviews)
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Steven Powell

77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Southern California Edison has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,755 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Southern California Edison employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.8 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Nov 14, 2017

Tread water forever

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and the work is mostly easy.

Cons

Management is out of touch with employees. Very depressing work environment. Kind of a suicide mill.

5.0
Oct 25, 2017

Help Lead the Clean Energy Revolution!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great time and place to work if you want to help clean the power system and help customers make cleaner energy choices. The new corporate strategy is inspired and is a daily reminder of how important the work is. The work-life balance is hard to beat.

Cons

There are some cultural pockets of complacence; but this can be avoided if you stay focused on the importance of the work. Employees often seek promotions through interviewing for new jobs within the company, since in-line promotions are all too infrequent.

2.0
Sep 21, 2017

An Uninspiring, but Eye-Opening Career

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you're lucky, you'll find yourself working with some great people. In a company of 10,000+ employees (and a few thousand contractors), you're bound to find some friendly, smart, and like-minded people. And if you're really lucky, you'll find yourself working for a great manager - something that's actually rare. The benefits (including 401k, pension, and pay), true to the reputation, are good. They're not GREAT, like they'd want you to believe, but they're solid. The most important thing about working at SCE, though, is that you'll learn to appreciate working at a good company when you find one, a place that has a healthy work environment, embraces positive leadership philosophy, and values its engaged and motivated workforce.

Cons

The company's structure and philosophies are outdated, but like any large company, change happens slowly. The struggle is that the leaders at the top are blind to the weaknesses in their failing leadership and while multiple grassroots movements are trying to save the company, they remain unrecognized and unsupported. Because the current system benefits the leadership, important changes fail to be made because it would mean a loss of their privileges. The biggest day-to-day challenge of working at SCE, however, is the company's culture of mediocrity and lack of accountability. Keeping your head down and not making waves is a sure way to keep your job. Worse, instead of letting go of employees who fail to perform, these employees manage to stick around and, if things are bad enough, are just moved elsewhere in the company.

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