Glad I spent 9 years there - Finance EDF Employee Review

4.0
Jan 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance, friendly people, interesting sector at an interesting time, supportive and internal comms have got much better than when I joined

Cons

Poor project management- plan badly then hide behind consultants. Needs to change if nuclear is to succeed. Talk the talk on talent retention but haven't cracked it yet. Nuclear is the cash cow and increasingly the focus so for a long career here I'd get into the Generation business. However be aware in Nuclear it's formal and stuffy. Customers however is more 'fluffy' but faces cuts in costs to stay afloat. Paris call the shots but they don't understand the UK market outside of generation.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Apr 27, 2026
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Pros

Real opportunities to grow into more technical roles (Control Center Operator → Systems Engineer paths exist and aren't just on paper). You get hands-on experience with industrial systems most people only read about — OSI PI, SCADA, OMS integrations, cloud telemetry — which is hard to get elsewhere. Management generally supports continued education and certifications.

Cons

Decisions move slowly. Getting tooling, software, or process changes approved often involves multiple layers, including approvals that flow up to the French parent company. Procurement and IT requests can take weeks for things that would take a day at a smaller company. Some legacy systems and processes haven't been modernized — you'll find yourself working around quirks instead of fixing them.

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