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NSTAR Electric

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Terrible company. I regret everyday I've been here - Anonymous NSTAR Electric Employee Review

1.0
Aug 15, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Stable job, ridiculous pay for what you do, good benefits. Vacation time after 6 mo Real union

Cons

Management is terrible. No one cares No one calls you back Hostile environment. You get down on yourself for being so unmotivated but its really the environment Long time employees generally careless gossipy people. Unhelpful. Keep busy till Friday. People on the outside who deal with NStar are always pissed because everyone is such a bum, avoid jobs in customer care. Run, run if you still can. If you try to explain anything to a manager they will just say no its simple and cut you off, and then maybe make fun of the quirks of the way you speak. General attitude of company is that it doesn't care, wants to penny pinch it's way to glory. You will usually have 12 hours of work for every 8 hour day, and people will wonder why it isn't all done. Even in the union. You will often be doing favors for people. Uses ancient technology. Have never even seen upper management in the building. A lot of people are untrained so you will find yourself explaining their job to them. Ridiculous.

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5.0
Feb 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

overall great money benefits and working condition, with a strong eye on safety

Cons

every changing culture. some folks try to re invent the wheel

2.0
Apr 15, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Health Care and 401k packages are good. - Their PPO plans are highly subsidized compared to anywhere else in the local area. - Matched 401k packages 50% up to ~10-15% of yearly salary. Fiscally Conservative Company Its a very stable job. It is very difficult to fired from this company unless it is an ethical issue

Cons

Compensation for employees is not great. You get paid what you get paid. Unfortunately, this has the potential to breed complacency in the workforce. Most of the technical work is contracted out. Supervisors/Managers become excel sheet managers and production trackers. There is some history of bad relations between Union and Management and making it difficult for both to come together to work. There can be antagonistic attitudes while there. New employees find may find this dynamic very awkward and will spend a lot of time navigating this issue. IT infrastructure and server speed could be improved. Network memory is small (circa 2009) making it difficult to share information (ie photos, documents, related media for work) Fiscally Conservative Company. Most of my time was spent finding the least expensive way of doing things and then seeing if I could make it even less expensive

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