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Southern California Edison

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Southern California Edison reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,762 total reviews)
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Steven Powell

79% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Southern California Edison has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,762 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
Jun 27, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent benefits and salary; company pays more than most.

Cons

Massive RIF where top performers were cut and dead weight kept because they were the favorites or related. Leader of department has many ethics complaints yet is still in charge. No interest in retaining top talent.

1.0
Sep 19, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The 401k plan is decent, and employees receive a discount on electricity. The company has a diverse workforce, with many managers who don’t have a bachelor's degree, and a significant number of women in mid-management positions.

Cons

There's an excessive number of mid-level managers. To be truly competitive, they need to flatten the structure, similar to Amazon. Leadership at the C-level and VP level is incompetent. Steve Powell (a 'Tom Wambsgans' from Succession) even told employees outright that their jobs aren’t stable, and that layoffs will continue to 'improve efficiency' in coming years, But layoffs in the name of efficiency are just a dog and pony show to boost stock prices. They let go of individual contributors while keeping layers of mid-level paper pushers. This cycle of layoffs happens every few years, only to be followed by rehiring soon after. In short: layoffs every few years, no job stability, promotions based on likability, and insecure managers trying way too hard to seem 'cool' and 'fun.' Instead of being authentic, they mask their nerdy selves to fit in with upper leadership—who are just like them: nerds trying to seem 'cool',

2.0
Jul 14, 2023

terrible and toxic work culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

decent pay that you dont need a degree for. Varied work environment if you are a district planner. Lots of internal training and options to make a career jump.

Cons

Cruel bosses that are also bad at their jobs. I was in 3 different locations, and my bosses were all incompetent or mean. At my last position people openly talked how the supervisor had been sued for misconduct multiple times, but he somehow stayed on. Supervisors from other districts would come to him when they had HR problems and there was an informal network of supervisors who would help each other when they had committed hr violations. Other positions had so much wasted effort and rework. I spent 1 year doing analysis on a project and writing reports. At the end of the year, all that data was thrown away because an error was found in the raw data I had been given.

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