NRG Energy Reviews

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virtually non other than that caused by the parent company bot being sure what to do with the renewables business

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Nothing ever really "worked" like it was supposed to. Every day there seemed to be something new that broke down and a new work around to fix the problem but there never seemed to be any solutions to the actual problem. Customers would often complain and there was no actual resolution.

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As with most companies this size, there is a certain amount of bureaucratic red tape you'll run into, although it isn't terrible. If you're really looking for an environment that will challenge you and be extremely competitive internally, it may not be the place for you.

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No concrete strategy, leadership lacking

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Selling off every piece of the company and laying off massive amounts of "team" members without little consideration for the health and heart of thier workforce

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Shutting down several plants they acquired.
Communication was not the greatest

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Recent corporate restructuring caused by activist investors with an aim on efficiency means outsourcing and layoffs for many in the workforce. Job security is not as certain as it once was, even for good, highly accomplished employees.

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Remember the Enron fiasco of the early 2000s? A lot of those folks washed ashore at NRG to take a second crack at the industry. Regulatory compliance is something that many people appear to only pay lip service to - whatever they have to do to generate short-term business. They will try to away with as much as they can and as quickly as they can - look at the recent public news related to fraud within the board of the directors. This is who is setting the financial direction of the company.

There are activist investors (and board members that they injected) that are paring down the company to essentially nothing except generalized managers without any real tangible expertise or knowledge and salespeople.

A lot of the cost cutting focused on getting rid of production employees or teams below the director level and keeping the directors and above - it doesn’t matter if you’ve been there for 25 years or are fresh out of school. You are replaceable if the director/VP/etc. needs to make their budget look better. These functions will be outsourced to a third party at a greater cost rather than performed internally - but at least they lowered fixed expenses a bit! This trend will continue through 2018.

Business unit leaders are selling off their customer bases to other companies to make a short term profit while dooming their future. This makes no sense outside of bumping the share price temporarily to generate a short-term (and one-time) profit for shareholders. Speaking of shareholders: the employee stock plan was discontinued in 2018, so that profit won’t be going to you if you managed to stay employed.

Anyone worth their pay left between July 2017 and the first quarter of 2018. What remains are a bunch of greasy snake oil salesman and clueless senior managers.

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Cliquish senior management is prone to favoritism and seems reluctant to promote based on merit. If you are a top performer who is extended an invitation into the upper echelon be mindful your tenure can end abruptly.

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This company has been bought and sold so many times, no one knows what is going on at any given time. Much room for improvement in: Schedule, Management, Quality of Life, Culture, Organization the list goes on....