Florida Power & Light Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Florida Power & Light full-time for less than a year

Pros – Friendly people, great management staff. South Florida locations

Cons – Not competitive salaries for entry level engineers at least. After my internship the other 2 companies who extended me offer letters were 20 and 60% higher pay than fpl.

Advice to Senior Management – Better the entry level pay if you do not want all the mediocre people graduating from college to end up in your payroll.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Florida Power & Light as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Committed to excellence, customer satisfaction, and doing the right thing.

Cons – Some facilities are old and in need of remodeling

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Florida Power & Light full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Location, opportunity, benefits package, safety culture

Cons – Large companies have lots of red tape and move slowly when making decisions

Advice to Senior Management – Don't get so bogged down in short-term profits and forget about long-term growth.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Florida Power & Light full-time for more than a year

Pros – The company really strives to hire only the best people, so you are working with a team of talented people who pull their own weight and will help you succeed as well. There was really a great 'family' feeling within the department, and management constantly strove to improve employee engagement -- formal surveys of employees, biannual opportunities to sit with supervisor and discuss how he/she could help you do you job better.

Organization as a whole has a drive for excellence, so if you are the type of person who enjoys daily challenges (as I did) then you will feel fulfilled here. Communications department works hard to make sure employees are informed and up-to-date which helps the sense of investment you feel in the company. With the size of the company you also have many opportunities to advance your career without ever needing to switch employers.

*I left my job because of personal reasons and was satisfied with my time at the company

Cons – It may depend on your given role, but the work/life balance needs to be improved. Average workday usually included working through lunch and staying 30 minutes to an hour late. Part of this was my team's expectations, part was my own drive to success so I take partial responsibility.

As such a large organization, oftentimes the approval process was cumbersome and decision making painfully slow.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue open communications; continue employee engagement initiatives and promoting a culture of openness between supervisors/employees; strengthen the work/life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Florida Power & Light full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Very stable company with good benefits

Cons – Corp Culture: Horrible work life balance

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

Current Employee – been working at Florida Power & Light full-time for more than a year

Pros – benefits, work environment, friendly coworkers, payment is not bad, stable, work life balance is fairly OK depends on different business unit

Cons – culture if you are not a Spanish speaker, opportunities, different business unit may have different management, some of them are not so good.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Florida Power & Light full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The company's stock is performing well. Benefits are OK but all things considered not worth it.

Cons – The powers that be, need to spend some money to update the support programs. Stop being cheap. It will improve productivity! The way things are done are very inefficient and are infested with idiosyncrasies ( 'x' has to be done before 'y' but not unless 24 hours has elapsed or it will automatically erase 'z' and keep in mind if 'w' is updated it will change element of all 'x', 'y', & 'z' so it's best if you just start over!). Ladies and gentlemen I just described to you what's known as a "Work Management System", found exclusively @ FPL. We have programs that were designed for windows 95. There are people who sees the way we do things as the best thing since slice bread; they could recall a time when everything was done on paper. Now if that's the standard why do we need computers? Maybe we should dust off the good ole typewriter.

Advice to Senior Management – See cons

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

Current Employee – been working at Florida Power & Light full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Fitness friendly environment. Onsite cafeteria allows you to quickly grab lunch and bring it back to your desk to continue working on your project.

Cons – There is a high employee turnover rate. In addition, it is hard to get things done; a lot time and energy is spent on in-fighting between departments. "Work-life balance" is talked about from time to time but they don't do anything substantive about it. FPL does not take care of their employees!

Advice to Senior Management – Offer engineers a bit more in their pay and treat them like professionals. If you did that, they would probably stick around compared to the constant turnover and necessary retraining.

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

Current Employee – been working at Florida Power & Light full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good pay, good benefits, and reasonable opportunity for advancement. They have a high rate of retention, and always "hire from within" first when job opportunities become available. They have a strong culture of safety and put the employees first.

Cons – Corporate HQ (and most of the highest paying jobs) are in Miami, FL. Positions are available statewide, but the further you climb the ladder the better the odds are that you will have to live in the area. I realize this isn't a con for everyone, but moving my family to Miami from most other parts of the state would be... nightmarish.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to offer a wider selection of jobs on the west coast, not just in Miami.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Florida Power & Light full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Fpl or Next Era is a huge company with many different career path opportunities. The salary is adequate for those beginning in their career. My advice is to know where you want to be in the company and go for it.

Cons – Fpl knows that they are the only major employer for engineers in So Florida. That is why their salaries are not competitive. Also the company promotes diversity but Sr. Mgmt is not truly diverse.

Advice to Senior Management – Some of upper mgmt have an extreme arrogance towards lower level employees.