Extremely Hard Job for Extremely low pay - Customer Service Representative Xcel Energy Employee Review

1.0
Apr 29, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

I was excited and proud to have been hired by a company I thought was good to it's employees. The location was easy to get to and parking was not a problem

Cons

I was hired as a "Temporary Associate" which meant I had no benefits and told that after three months I would be able to "progress" to a benefited Associate, but after a year I never scored high enough to qualify for progression. There is a 7 week training and it is not enough time to train you about all the possible aspects of the utility industry. People can be very rude and downright nasty about outages and paying their bills. Very stressful job and burnout is very common. I consistently received the highest customer ratings but it did not affect nor influence my opportunity to progress.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
May 18, 2026
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Pros

Standard methods, cloud infrastructure, and reliance on in house staff over contractors makes it very easy to implement safe, fast, consistent changes. You will be valued as a human and you will have a voice within this company. You can make a career here. Your coworkers and immediate leadership are all talented and intelligent individuals who actually know how to do the same work you are doing.

Cons

AI rollout and unevenly applied hybrid work made things difficult for employees with disabilities and those that lived far from office who had traditionally worked remote or for tasks that do not lend themselves well to AI overhead

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