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Alabama Gas

Now known as Spire

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Inconsistent, promotions are not based on what you know, but who you know. - Sales Representative Alabama Gas Employee Review

1.0
May 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company luncheons Flexible time Volunteering for events during company time

Cons

If you start from the bottom, the only way you will get ahead is by ratting out others, working in the call center or being a brown noser. Salaries are scattered all over the place. The work environment was very stressful, depending on which building you worked in. Needless to say, I originally started at Midtown. If you don't want to be micromanaged, this is not the place for you. If you did not work in the call center and worked at Midtown, you were not moving up.....point blank period! The front office that dealt with the walk in customers did the same work asthe call center plus more responsibilities. Yet, they were underpaid and everyone in the building knew it. That building is so chaotic. Luckily, I applied for another postion and was moved to another building, it was a totally different culture. It just amazed me how relaxed it was. It used to be a company with morals and values. Every since they were sold by Energen, the company has went downhill, ask the people that were laid off or the customers. That should tell you something. If you want to be stressed and want to have your job on the chopping block every 3 months because the new company acquires another gas company and wants to do layoffs, then this is the place for you.

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5.0
Nov 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Family oriented, great benefits, great hours, pay rates are excellent and always better than expected, pension plans, 401k, HR staff listens

Cons

Once it was sold to Laclede/Spire, it wasn't nearly as happy of an environment, benefits changed and some people lost some added vaca they earned

3.0
Mar 3, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Allows you to make up time off,

Cons

Take away breaks to hold meetings during business hours. Require you to give up 30 minuets of your lunch during peak season. Do as I say not as I do management. Promote people who have been suspended for "sexual harassment" Will not allow you to eat your desk when they take half of your lunch hour away because of Mickey the Mouse. However, the managers sit in their offices and eat. I didn't know rodents new not to eat the managers crumbs, Require you to be at work before 8 to log on to your computer system so you will be ready to take calls, but you don't get the over time because it is only done in 15 min, increments on time sheets, Tell you are not allowed to have a cell phone, but managers walk around with two on their hip, Management takes 2 hour lunches and do not come in until 8:30, however; you will be wrote up if you computer is not up and taking calls at 8:00. Very bad leadership at this company

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