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    Dominion Energy Reviews

    Updated January 10, 2019
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    Dominion Energy Chairman, President, and CEO Thomas F. Farrell II
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    Pros

    • "People work life balance financial security" (in 21 reviews)

    • "Competitive pay and benefits and they have an aggressive strategy" (in 18 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Work life balance, advancement opportunity" (in 10 reviews)

    • "no cons as such to work with Dominion VA Power" (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "A great and neat place to work."

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      Former Employee - Engineer in Waterford, CT
      Former Employee - Engineer in Waterford, CT
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Dominion Energy full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Generally good pay and benefits for everyone.

      Work isn't too hard or stressful for most (though outages can get a bit crazy at times). Generally though, the pace is very steady and manageable.

      Lots of good people and coworkers.

      Cool place to work.

      Cons

      Outages can get a bit wild for most. Thankfully, they only last about a month per year.

      Communication and planning can get spotty at times.

      Nuclear work culture isn't for everyone. It's not like working anywhere else.

      The pressure, stress, and workloads of the outages can turn some good people into rabid warewolves, especially some managers. Thankfully, once the outage ends, the workloads are deliberately reduced for several weeks after and everybody goes back to normal.

      A higher than average number of work-related and OSHA recordable injuries, especially during the outages.

      Advice to Management

      There's a lot of preaching about the importance of safety and the site's safety culture, but sometimes, especially during the outages, where time and deadlines are of heavy importance, shortcuts get taken by some and good people can and sometimes do get hurt. Don't let the temptation of bonuses get in the way of other peoples' well-being. Fully live and embrace the safety culture you guys preach about so often. Giving it 80-90% isn't enough in a place like this. It needs to be 100% at all times.

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Decent place to work"

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      Former Employee - Director in Richmond, VA
      Former Employee - Director in Richmond, VA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Dominion Energy full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits package, fair compensation, very stable company, good management training programs

      Cons

      there can be lots of bureaucracy, can take a long time to advance

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    3. "Good"

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      Current Employee - Groundman
      Current Employee - Groundman
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Dominion Energy full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good money, Room for advancement, Union

      Cons

      Non-union tries to burn you, not all the guys might be your type of guys, overtime schedule is very demanding

      Advice to Management

      let the guys get it done

    4. "Ops Dept"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Dominion Energy full-time

      Pros

      pay, mostly easy work, 7 days off a month

      Cons

      continuous training, accepted laziness, sexism, rotating shift work

      Advice to Management

      don't settle for subpar performance or accommodate the weak links

    5. "Decent company"

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      Current Employee - Maintenance Operator in Freeman, VA
      Current Employee - Maintenance Operator in Freeman, VA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Dominion Energy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Paid time off is pretty good

      Cons

      Company has been cost cutting and will do even more in the future

      Advice to Management

      Don’t forget about your people, they are the real reason your company has been successful.

    6. "Nuclear Security Officer"

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      Former Employee - Security Officer in Mineral, VA
      Former Employee - Security Officer in Mineral, VA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Dominion Energy full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Job security: There are a bunch of guards and plenty of opportunities to make money if you can find ways to waste time, day after day.
      Pay: This position pays more than a standard security job.

      Cons

      Security work is boring.

      Advice to Management

      Diversity is always the hot button issue because nepotism has run rampant in places like NAPS.

    7. "Customer Service Representative"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Dominion Energy full-time

      Pros

      The pay was good, good supervisor, and great support

      Cons

      Quality Assurance Monitors always having some problems and micro managing

    8. "Engineer II contract (software)"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Dominion Energy full-time

      Pros

      Professional type of people, good pay and benefits.

      Cons

      Only for people who like to read lengthy user manuals 8 hours of each day and have nothing else to do. It is not a job for anyone who wants to design anything. They like you or they dismiss you at any instant.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Horrible corporate culture."

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      Current Employee - Stooge in Virginia Beach, VA
      Current Employee - Stooge in Virginia Beach, VA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Dominion Energy full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good money. Good coworkers and bonuses.

      Cons

      Everything else that matters. Life.

      Advice to Management

      Care about your employees. If you run every body into the ground you are left with a heap of cheap and ashes.

    10. Helpful (3)

      "Project Designer"

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      Former Employee - Project Designer II in Richmond, VA
      Former Employee - Project Designer II in Richmond, VA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Dominion Energy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits and low deductible.

      Cons

      Not a good place to work if you’re a woman. The good old boy system still exists there and you are treated like you’re never going to be good enough because of your gender. What’s worse is management knows about it and let’s it go on. If you’re anything other than a white young male, good luck. Stay away from design.

      Advice to Management

      It’s 2018. Pay attention when you get a complaint and treat all people the same. Its still doing on today. Don’t just show commercials about how you have diversity. Actually do it. Start in distribution design. It’s not about what you say, it’s about your actions.