Not a place for engineers - Senior Engineer EDF Employee Review

1.0
Jan 7, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Outstanding benefits, very low stress level (if you have zero ambitions), you can travel the world and pretend you’re working remotely for months.

Cons

No real structure. Everything is outsourced in technical areas. Managers are incompetent. The highest ratio of meaningless titles of Sr. Directors, Directors, VPs, etc. per capita. No strategy or vision. Failed GE third class managers are preferred for technical positions they have no foundations as a promise of having connections with GE. They never had even access to GE engineering, so they are useless. Lack of substance leads way to nonsensical silliness of preaching “soft values” by the incompetent managers as their hideout. They promote only those who do not pose a threat to their cluelessness.

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5.0
May 14, 2026
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Apr 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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