USEC Reviews

I have been working at USEC full-time for more than a year

Pros – Wonderful co-workers and management. Safety is always first priority. Everyone is free to espress their ideas and concerns without fear of criticism.

Cons – Pay is less than competetive. Outgoing employees are not replaced, leaving more work for those who remain.

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 USEC full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good pay for the southern Ohio region with low cost of living, low crime, and quiet neighborhoods, and benefits are good also. Coworkers laid back and friendly. Good training and travel policy, for engineering group at least. Job assignments are somewhat interesting but not as challenging as a national lab.

Cons – There is uncertainty about survival of the company for the next couple of years. Some of the physical structures and buildings are aging. The faucet-water is brown and water-jugs are brought in. Nearest big city is 45 or 90 minutes away, depending on where you live. The area close to the plant is a poor Appalachian.

Advice to Senior Management – They might have done a better job in communicating to, and working with, the DOE to secure the loan guarantee in 2009, in order to avoid using this "co-operative agreement" or whatever one calls it. But considering the extreme political motivation of the Obama administration I'm sure not a lot of people could have done better.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at USEC

Pros – Apollo College was recently bought by Devry and offers bonuses, great compensation and really good benefit packages to full time or part time employees.

Cons – The only con when I was working there was that there were alot of people temporarily in management positions that were not qualified or competent to perform their job correctly.

Advice to Senior Management – While I worked at Apollo it was a great place to work, alot of friendly faculty and staff and students.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at USEC

Pros – overall people there are very intelligent; recognize and reward good performances; great pay

Cons – a bit uptight; very corporate; too formal at times;

Advice to Senior Management – numbers of hours in the office does not equal quality work; recognize life-work balance for all your employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at USEC

Pros – Laid back, casual work environment. Not stressful. Management is friendly, and understanding. You don't put in long extra hours. Internal politics are kept to a relative minimum.

Cons – The red-tape is high here. Regulated by the Dept. of Energy, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it's very difficult to get much done. You just get used to it after awhile. In Engineering, the work is not very challenging or exciting.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to derive methods to give more flexibility to the middle managers, and streamline our internal procedures to accomplish tasks quicker.