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California Water Service

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Despite the cons, I will still recommend Cal Water to anyone - Engineer California Water Service Employee Review

4.0
Dec 3, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- There are incredibly knowledgeable and intelligent people working in the company. - Good benefits and above average pay. - They promote from within. Highly regarded and driven individuals move up in the company. - Opportunities for lateral transfers are present. - Company events - Approachable management

Cons

- Huge turnover and problem with retention as a result of company culture and politics. - Lack of a structured development program. When mixed with high turnover, creates an environment of trial by fire. - The lack of the structured development program creates a disconnect with the talent in the company. - Corporate greed manifests itself in setting unrealistic goals and timelines, which in turn leads to deliverables with poor quality, inaccurate estimates, and burnout. - Some employees (and managers) work to the bone - weekends, nights. It's implicitly encouraged.

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5.0
Apr 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Chill job and everyone’s super nice

Cons

There wasn’t much to do on my team

1.0
May 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not too much work so it’s less stress

Cons

Horrible culture- extreme micromanagement and forced to pretend to work even though there’s no work

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