AEP Reviews

I worked at AEP full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Stable work environment and workforce. Many employees have been with the company for 30+ years. Benefits are great and include a pension fund. If you are looking for a comfortable place to put it into cruise control, this would be a very average place to do it.

Cons – Not much room for advancement unless you are located at Columbus OH or Tulsa OK. The major con for me was lack of innovation that comes from a regulated business with an average employee age of ~48. Very poor IT infrastructure. AEP was using Office 2002 until Q1 2013, and old cannibalized laptops.

Advice to Senior Management – Provide incentive compensation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at AEP full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The company has pretty good benefits and a fair work environment. The opportunities are there if you are willing to work.

Cons – Management can be narrow minded at times and be prepared to move if asked. Failure to relocate can stifle all your opportunities

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at AEP full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Some really great people at all levels.

Cons – Politics rule, pay increases infrequent and don't keep up with COLA. Too many levels of management. Two managers to manage three employees and they wonder why costs are too high.

Advice to Senior Management – Draw on your talent pool, listen to your people. If you want to cut costs look at cutting that redundant layer of management.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at AEP full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great Benefits and competitive compensation

Cons – Politics, extensive red tape, slow to act or implement

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at AEP full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good work life balance
Very conducive work culture
Decent pay package and benefits

Cons – Slow career growth
Conservative
Archaic mgmt pactices

I worked at AEP full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – AEp has been around long enough to be a reliable employer.
AEP has relatively strong pay and benefits package.
Office facilities are nice in home office, less attractive in plant assignments
The company allows transfer between department and job assignments.

Cons – Workplace courtesy and respect does not get the emphasis that assignment completion gets.
Front line supervisors have too much latitude to set their own personnel policies.
Reflects nuclear industry trend of reducing engineer capability at nuclear sites in favor of offsite consultants.

Advice to Senior Management – Benchmark industry to find out who understands how to get qualified people to accept supervisor and manager positions.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at AEP full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Decent Perks Excellent Benefits, Great Location @ HQ and Cheap Parking. Senior coworkers often encouraged to train and mentor younger staff which was good. Job training options always open to employees.

Cons – Slow growth not able to move around the company in IT. Not all jobs support telecommuting. No clear path to develop and move up in the company and grow or get into management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at AEP full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Flex scheduling and growth within company.

Cons – Sr. Management has favorites and promotions done to those first.

I have been working at AEP full-time for less than a year

Pros – Decent pay and good hours

Cons – High standards for the position starting out.

Advice to Senior Management – Train new people properly

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at AEP full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The staff members and general work environment are the greatest.

Cons – Re-organizes every 2 yrs or less, not a good sign.

Advice to Senior Management – Why so many cuts when the company is sitting on so much capital?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend