Pacific Gas and Electric Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great benefits
Stable company
Lots of employees have been here for 20+ years

Cons – Change is a four letter word
Lots of employees have been here for 20+ years

Advice to Senior Management – Don't be afraid to make the right changes

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

Former Employee – worked at Pacific Gas and Electric as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Great work culture. Good exposure to new technologies. Good pay.

Cons – It take long to move any thing because of the hierarchical setup.

Advice to Senior Management – Screen the talent well before recruiting even when its a contract position.

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

Current Employee – been working at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Embraces diversity
Offers competitive pay and very good benefits
Embraces new technology
Doing all they can to ensure public and employee safety
Lots of very sharp and nice people
Excellent education and training opportunities
Corp offices in very central location with lots of transportation options

Cons – Need a little patience to get used to the culture
May need to move to other group if personality types not suited to yours

Advice to Senior Management – Thanks for doing a great job keep employees and the public informed of important information and for dealing very professionally with unprofessonal or downright incorrect media reports.

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

Current Employee – been working at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Excellent opportunities for advancement, good pay and benefits, a good company with great history and sense of pride.

Cons – None that I wouldn't find at any other company.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep moving the business in the right direction, focus on the values that makes PG&E great.

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

Former Employee – worked at Pacific Gas and Electric as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Employee safety is a number one priority.
Good Team Environment.
Great compensation and benefits.
Baked goods available for the team every week.
Field trips to various company sites.

Cons – Some internal processes take quite a while.
Best practice documentation needs to be improved.
Internal restructuring was a little cumbersome.

Advice to Senior Management – Leverage best practices that have been set by Utility and IT organizations to improve efficiency and reduce micro-managing. Make the company's processes less complicated and flow smoothly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Pacific Gas and Electric

Pros – Benefits include pension plan, but you must work here for 5 years first to be eligible. Salary seems decent.

Cons – Very old style thinking and slow to adapt and implement new processes and technologies; nepotism still exists here

Advice to Senior Management – Way too many layers to get decision making done and unfortunately, big decisions aren't shared with everyone to contribute which leads to poor decision making; senior management should be more in tune with the day to day operations and tasks of their employees

Current Employee – been working at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The company is large enough to allow employees to explore many departments in the energy space. Employees can spend their entire career with this one company.

Cons – As a government regulated company, with 100 year history and large in size, decision making can be sluggish and introductions of cutting-edge technologies especially for internal operations, takes more time that with companies in other industries.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Large organization with opportunities to move to different roles depending on qualifications and organizational needs.
Incentive-based compensation.
Retirement plan options effective 01/01/14.

Cons – Very uncertain regulatory environment.
Missed merger opportunities in the past; several other combined utilities in U.S. now larger.
Considerable rate pressures driven by need to upgrade infrastructure and meet regulatory mandates.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on Premier Survey Results improvement

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

Current Employee – been working at Pacific Gas and Electric as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – It's meaningful, interesting work with good people. Easy to roll up your sleeves and contribute right away.

Cons – Chaotic environment. "Not enough resources" really means a lack of focus, priorities, and accountability. Environment is not very encouraging or creative.

Advice to Senior Management – Set fewer #1 priorities, set a plan, and stick with the plan.

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

Current Employee – been working at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Pretty laid back, people are helpful and genuinely interested in helping if someone has a question. A lot of them have incredible knowledge since they've been around from the days of the main frame and when systems were being built

Cons – Too much paper work, too many processes. It's also far too top heavy and too many people supervising and not enough people doing work. Also, there are a budget issue and some people in supervisory positions mainly because they have been there for a long time and not because of any actual skill set.

Advice to Senior Management – Less paper work and more financial incentives are needed

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend