Los Angeles Water and Power Reviews
Updated May 21, 2023
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- "Depending on your group, you have guaranteed overtime which can boost an already above average salary." (in 9 reviews)
- "Pretent they know what they are doing.The most arrogant vindictive management I have ever seen" (in 12 reviews)
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- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great Place to Work
Apr 7, 2023 - Customer Service Representative in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Awesome pay, benefits, and time off
Cons
Hiring process is very long
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
relaxed, good pay, laid back
Cons
no learning, less vacations, location
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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May 12, 2023 - Information Security Analyst in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Important organization Unionized Large team Benefits
Cons
Leadership direction Strategic direction is unclear
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great pay, benefits, pension, etc. You really can't go wrong taking any job at DWP. Great culture, great employee treatment, you get to serve the community of Los Angeles.
Cons
None I've personally experienced. I've heard higher up jobs can be a little bureaucratic and whatnot but that's to be expected with a city-run utility. As far as I'm concerned, we do a great job in terms of delivering safe and reliable water and power to the city of LA and that's what matters.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
you can advance and salary
Cons
Company should diversify more in certain areas
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great pay. 40 hour work weeks. Great health benefits. Great retirement benefits. Great disability benefits.
Cons
Terrible work culture (generally depending on your supervisor/upper management). Management is short sighted, lacking long term vision. Spout nice things about diversity, equity and inclusion, zero-tolerance for harassment, etc... But reality is much different. Racial/ethnic politics abound. Very little consideration is usually given to actual abilities, merits, capabilities, etc... If one of the managers feels threatened by you, they will bad mouth you to others and block you from moving around. On the other hand, bad managers are protected and coddled. That's why LADWP pays out so much in harassment settlements (that are hidden from public sight).
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
The place to be
Mar 7, 2023 - Water Utility Worker in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great benefits, overtime is pretty much unlimited, flexible scheduling.
Cons
Some people are set in their old ways as with any government agency.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
I liked it there. The hours were good.
Cons
There were no cons in my opinion
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Worst workplace for POC, women, LGBTQ+, non-Christians, parents/caretakers, or any marginalized identities
Aug 22, 2022 - Analyst in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Above average salary and employee benefits (medical insurance, pension, etc.). Equal pay for same job classification (regardless of gender, age, etc.).
Cons
Organization is ran by incompetent, ego-centric (or ego-fragile), obtuse men (mostly men), who lack real management skills, leadership, or basic ethics. Current and past LADWP's CEO are mostly engineers who have worked only at one single company (LADWP for 25 years) and have no experience in running/leading a business. They literally live and breathe only LADWP for 25+ years: big fish in a small pond. Organization operates as if it's still stuck in 1940s: racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism, ableism, xenophobia, islamophobia...(all -isms are still rampant and well practiced by every level of management and organization). Male engineers are treated like gods while women, POC, LGBTQ+, non-Christians have to keep their head down or 'play along and be one of the good ones' to succeed in the organization. Any critical thinking, independent judgement, innovation, etc. are not only discouraged but retaliated against. People get jobs or promotions through nepotism and by being 'yes-man'. Management treat employees as if they are mindless commodity to be controlled. They don't value their employees.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great
Feb 28, 2023 - Electrical Engineering Associate in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Benefits, life balance, culture, diversity, inclusion, and innovation
Cons
Red tape politics and long processes.
Los Angeles Water and Power Reviews FAQs
Los Angeles Water and Power has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 253 reviews left anonymously by employees. 89% of employees would recommend working at Los Angeles Water and Power to a friend and 92% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.
89% of Los Angeles Water and Power employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Los Angeles Water and Power 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Los Angeles Water and Power to be coworkers, career development, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, culture, management.
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