Duke Energy Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Duke Energy full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – If you have a pulse you will stay employed - one of the slowest and under performing work forces I have ever experienced. Full of staff augmentation contractors who do the work while Duke employees shuttle to the cafeteria to graze.

Cons – A few - The Duke Energy Center (old building in Charlotte) is a total dump - 30+ years old and filthy. Management is unethical (see Progress merger). Workforce works at 3 speeds - slow, slower, slowest. Totally inbred Nuclear program - you start there, you mate there, your children work there. Pay is miserable and tied to the fact there is 5 times the number of employees needed. Worthless IT systems that are totally disconnected and unusable (for example - no remote access with out a Duke boat anchor laptop! - printing is impossible). Never speak your mind or you are a goner.

Advice to Senior Management – Replace CEO and to 2 tiers of Executives and start over. Cut half the employees and 75% of the contractors. Getting real work to do is like looking for food in Somalia!

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

Current Employee – been working at Duke Energy

Pros – they way overpay because they are regulated and guaranteed a return

Cons – about 30% or more of the workforce are contractors, hired as such so they can easily be let go. This creates levels of confusion and a failure to hire and grow employees who care about the company.
The general office is run just like the federal government, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing, also doesn't care.

Advice to Senior Management – no point, its all about the bottom line

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend