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Southern California Edison

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Southern California Edison reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,762 total reviews)
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Steven Powell

81% 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
Aug 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, good salary. There are lots of folks who are working hard and trying to move the energy industry forward.

Cons

It's totally unstable and there's no real thought given to culture. Executives seem much more short-sighted than in days past. People are incredibly expendable. They waste an incredible amount of customer money on projects that never see the light of day, and by waffling on major and even minor decisions.

1.0
Aug 4, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Used to be a great place to work. but not anymore.

Cons

There is no knowledge sharing within employees and mangers can not force contractors to write documentation. People are hording their skills / knowledge and no knowledge sharing or transferring. Too many people only know how to kiss a .... and try to save themselves.

2.0
Oct 14, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and benefits package. Excellent job security (they're not exactly going out of business - it's the second-largest electrical utility in the U.S.).

Cons

A stodgy, top-down company culture in which the manager is king and his authority goes unchecked. Independent thinking is discouraged here - anyone who suggests something new or doesn't conform to the thinking of the department as a whole is looked upon as "difficult to work with" or negative. SCE is stuck in a 1950s mind-set, mainly because a large percentage of the employee population has been with the company for decades, and old habits die hard. This is a dark, negative place to work in which employees talk the talk but don't walk the walk, and company values are just words on paper. There's a reason why SCE offers such a generous compensation package: the company culture would drive away employees, and it's easier to keep them with high salaries than it is to fix the problem.

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