Energy Future Holdings Reviews

Pros

It pays well, and the benfits are good.

Cons

movement upward in the company takes long

Pros

Good place to work mostly

Cons

Too much to do too little time

Pros

Good Company to work for, good environment, really good co-workers and management support. Overall nice place to work

Cons

Little more feedback from managers other than that none.

Pros

It was an interesting internship, in the IT department, you will get many opportunities to expand your knowledge

Cons

Transitory management team, since the company was recently taken private. Poor IT infrastructure from years of outsourcing, only to finally try to bring it back in house.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay Interns more

Pros

The people are amazing to work with. The work challenges you and there is so much to learn. Luminant really wants to build up young engineers. And, the relationship between young and senior engineers is outstanding. Even in meetings with executives as an intern you are encouraged to ask questions and learn.
The absolute best internship I have had!

Cons

After graduation I was excited to see about working with Energy Future Holdings, and felt at home with them. It seemed like the perfect fit, but there were no job openings. Interns were getting hired left and right on the mine side, but they offered no oppurtunities for the plant side interns. Why waste so much time making young engineers fall in love with your company if you arent going to hire then??? Such a wasted effort on both sides!
You have someone that fits perfect, loved their job, and can do it exceptionally well!!! Hire them!!!!

Advice to Senior Management

You guys are great. Just keep treating everyone with respect, and always acknowledge new ideas.

Pros

Good pay, stable job (even in today's economy), and flexibility for time off. The future of nuclear power (especially operators) looks very bright. New plants will be coming online (2 at my site) in the next 10 years.

Cons

HIgher paying jobs require rotating shiftwork. Career advancement usually means moving to a job with more responsibility and oversight, but the pay raise is small.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate more with employees. Management does a poor job communicationg about issues, such as company long term goals and strategies, future possibilities, etc.

Pros

EFH is going through a lot of changes right now and is not currently a great place to work, but the CEO and Board are still working out some of the kinks since the private equity takeover.

Cons

Morale and communication are bad. Some consultants that work with us are inept, but were brought on to smooth the merger transition and have been kept.

Advice to Senior Management

Work harder to compensate top performers in every department. My reviews and metrics have been perfect and I still only receive 3-4% raises "due to company performance." If Senior Management were to recognize that our company is doing well and the financial hardships are a result of the private equity financing, they would compensate employees better.