FirstEnergy Reviews

Current Employee – been working at FirstEnergy as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – The pay is good
The hours of operation is okay if you live in Akron

Cons – Everyone starts out as a contractor and it is known what you are. You start out as "red" and they make it will known that you are nothing. You have to fight for days off or even a few hours off if you have an appointment. When you ask for a few hours off they say well can't you reschedule it for earlier? That would be okay if you live in Akron but if you don't it's hard to s schedule appointments. The training was rushed and you are talked down to if you ask a question. If you miss a day you are getting a rude call from your agency saying if you miss again your contract could be terminated. That scares you into coming in sick and ruining your stats because you're too sick to function. The way they treat contractors is disgusting

Advice to Senior Management – Stop treating contractors so bad and maybe we would stay and you would not have to keep doing New hire classes

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

Former Employee – worked at FirstEnergy full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good Pay and good Location.

Cons – Culture leaves you questioning your decision to be employed there.

Advice to Senior Management – Value your Employees.

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

Former Employee – worked at FirstEnergy

Pros – Good for people who don't want to excel/ those who want to show up at 7:30 and leave by 4:00 on the dot.
Decent compensation.

Cons – Total disregard for employees wanting to expand/ explore other career opportunities.
Incompentent management at all level.
Does not listen to employees. Yearly reviews are totally subjective.
Not willing to try new methods, even if they could result in huge savings for the company.
FE is a typical public utility. Employees do not and are not encouraged to put in any additional work(parking lot is dead within 5 minutes of closing). Very slow and extremely resistant to change.

Advice to Senior Management – Provide encouragement for employees to expand and grow within company.
Encourage interdepartment communciation and relationships.
Embrace new ideas and methods.
Promote based on skill rather than seniority.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at FirstEnergy

Pros – good pay in the nuclear part of business
descent benefits
lots of people retiring, therefore should be jobs opening up

Cons – workers negative about everything
recognition program is not consistent
middle management not trained in supervisory skills
employees allowed to "goof off", causing good employees to be unmotivated
turnovers from old employee to new employee is nonexistant
work does not flow
groups do not work well together

Advice to Senior Management – Train your middle management (first-line supervision) to lead by example and use leadership skills to lead their groups. First-line supervision and managers need to work as a unit and not contradict one another. Need to beef up IT dept and get all the work documents and work flow under one system that is easy to understand. Train your employees on basic computer skills.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at FirstEnergy

Pros – Starting Compensation is fair, but overall you are not compensated fairly.

Cons – management does not care about you.

Advice to Senior Management – Remove older employees and start caring around younger people. Money will not buy you all-stars.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at FirstEnergy

Pros – Coworkers are nice and helpful.

Cons – The management and supervisors do not have technical understanding of engineering. The obsolete plant which will be shut down in near future. The plant has been runing by itself. The management does not understand the value of real works.

Advice to Senior Management – No advice is the best advice

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend