AEP Reviews

Pros

Decent Pay
Great People who were always willing to help
Great safety program

Cons

long Hours
Relocating with short notice

Pros

I had a great work life balance.

Cons

Mangement was very old school. There wasn't much opportunity for growth.

Pros

It's a very stable company with good benefits.

Cons

They are really slow about giving you promotions.

Advice to Senior Management

Look more to promoting employees instead of just giving more responibility

Pros

decent pay, great benefits (although declining ever since I was employed), moderate work load, good bonus (most years), team work, strong safety training program

Cons

conservative views regarding energy needs of the nation and disrespectful to environment, promotions are based on years of service not performance (in one case my work saved several million dollars for the company and all I got in return was an invitation to a appreciate lunch in a regular restaurant)

Advice to Senior Management

Pay more attention to personal development of your employees. Recognize and use potentials of younger workforce before they leave.

Pros

Great benefits, lots of crosstraining. Teamwork!

Cons

If you work in a plant it is a hot environment. Management is the good ole boys club...

Advice to Senior Management

Treat all employees fairly. Promote the hardest working ppl, and not the golf buddies.

Pros

Compensation - if the company awards the incentive bonus - is quite high.
If a person is interested in nuclear plant operation or maintenance, this is a great place to work.
The location - for a nuclear plant - is a strong plus.

Cons

The company expects all employees to live for work. Don't let a relative in the hospital interfere with your job.
It is often difficult to get vacation time. One might have to work 16 hour days to get a week off.
Don’t expect recognition for a job well done.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to speak with one voice Don't let dissent in supervision dilute priorities.

Stop killing yourself and expecting employees to do the same.

Pros

Good pay, benefits, with plenty of overtime if you want it. Good corporate culture overall. Promote from within at the lower levels of management.

Cons

During a recession, they get past "layoffs" by forcing early retirement, even if you don't want to retire.
In the union environment, management believes they can dictate to the union, and ignore union requests entirely.

Advice to Senior Management

Believe Mike Morris's advice, that you should do the right thing, because it is the right thing to do. Treat your union employees as people, not numbers.

Pros

AEP provides a highly professional, competitive environment. This company has a well-deserved reputation for innovation and industry leadership.

Cons

The salaries offered by AEP are far behind industry trends. It is a good place to start, but in order to command the sort of salaries commensurate with the rest of the industry, you will have to seek employment elsewhere.

Advice to Senior Management

Your research and development are the finest in the industry. However, you are losing good people due to low wages. You need to pay your people better.

Pros

Depending on the department: My supervisor is very flexible when needing time off or short notice vacations. It really depends on who you work for and what side of the business you support.

Cons

Where to start?! The CEO (Mike Morris) is all about the shareholders. He could care less about the environment or his employees. As long as the money grubbing shareholders are happy, he is happy. Distribution is ok to work for. This side of the company isn't so shady. Generation is a beast. Too many "good boys" working for upper management who do not deserve (or have the education) to hold their position. Forget about promotions or raises- been on a hiring freeze for 4 years. Unless you are a suck-up or have a friend who is higher than you, you will never go anywhere up in this company.

Advice to Senior Management

Fire all of your current upper management and directors. Hire EDUCATED people who can run the company based on need and not own personal wealth. You are a utility- act like one.

Pros

Room to grow and chose areas to work in, but limited opportunity

Cons

Deregulation has taken a chunk out of job promotions and opportunities

Advice to Senior Management

Create more customer relation positions