Duke Energy Reviews

Pros

The best reasons for working at Duke Energy are the challenges and the people. It also has good locations in all of NC.

Cons

The downsides of working here is the atmosphere. It's not bad, but I can't find a time to relax at work.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to make sure there are some benefits at work for employees such as a daycare center and a pool.

Pros

Flexibility
Work from Home
Overtime
No more pros
That's it.

Cons

No Benefits
Don't feel like I'm part of a team.
Lack of communication
Pay

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

Pros

You typically get to work on a variety of projects of multiple disciplines.

Cons

You can get put in some high stress situations and work long hours on depending on what is going on at that time

Advice to Senior Management

The senior management tends to keep employees in the dark as to far reaching plans. We found out about the Progress merger through news outlets.

Pros

Duke Energy is a great place to learn and work as a co-op student. Ample opportunity to learn and advance in field of work/study is provided and many of the same benefits and opportunities available to regular full-time employees are also made available to co-op students.

Cons

The inability of local management to offer or guarantee a co-op student a full-time job upon graduation can be frustrating.

Pros

Compensation is typically above average, with good benefits packages and bonus opportunities. Friendly atmosphere, great work environment.

Cons

The complexity of the corporate structure can be confusing and slow progress.

Pros

Reputation, Exposure to Energy, Friendly, Big

Cons

Stagnation, Slow to move, a little stodgy, not google

Pros

Friendly, happy and helpful staff. Lots of committees/programs supporting personal and community growth. Multiple proprietary technologies/applications to peek the interests of all technical backgrounds.

Cons

High percentage of contractors/vendors; advancement appears to be easier for permanent staff than tenured contractors with 3+ years of service; percentage of advancement from contractor to direct-hire very low.

Advice to Senior Management

Overall the company appears to be managed pretty well. I would however suggest better management of the deletion of retirees, ex-employees and contracts from various system and database "shares" who were once "owners/administrators" . I was surprised to have multiple experiences where owners/administrator where no longer with the company for a number of years yet still had status for various types of shares and databases.

Pros

Currently the benefits are excellent and the pay is above average. Start with a prorated two weeks of vacation and unlimited (within reason) sick time plus 3 personal days.

Cons

Due to the recent corporate consolidation, any Cincinnati job deemed corporate is being transitioned to Charlotte, NC. This includes most of legal, IT, human resources, and accounting and finance.

Advice to Senior Management

Many people are leaving the company due to the corporate consolidation and voluntary buy out. This knowledge will be lost unless management finds a way to better document the processes.

Pros

Fortune 500 company, access to latest technology, interesting company and service delivery. Very nice working environment, nice facilities. Company has a great reputation in the communities it serves.

Cons

Layers and layers of management slow down the development process. Many decisions require multiple layers of approval. Work is paced in short bursts of productivity.

Advice to Senior Management

Reduce the ratio of employees to contractors. Hire more managers from outside of the company. Consider direct hires for IT positions. Many good candidates who are not willing to step backwards (to be a contractor) will not consider open positions at Duke.