Northwest Lineman College Reviews
Updated Mar 24, 2022
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Culture, People, Perks, PTO, Hours
Cons
Constant change, politics, job possessiveness
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Some great coworkers and departments You get lots of PTO if you can find time to take it
Cons
Poor pay unless you are an in the right group (instructors or executives). The rest are often below average some departments more than others. They push their "like a family" moto as if it's a good thing but have you even been in a dysfunctional family that always fights and back stabs... That is this the type of "family" you see here. They will try to constantly have you do work way outside tour job description starting "other duties" or "team player". They always hire their family for positions even if internal employees are better qualified. If you aren't their peon they will try to force you out. This is worst in ID at the corporate level. The executives do not care about their employees just their friends. They like to put on shows (literally it's called the KOSA show) and big company events (The Gathering) and claim it's for the employees but only really want to show off themselves and how important they believe they are. They have no care about the actual people.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
NLC is a great place to work. The focus on culture and employees is unlike any other place I have ever been employed. The company invests in its talent and is always looking for ways to improve and grow. NLC is very innovative, wants to be top in the industry, and is not afraid to do what it takes to make it happen.
Cons
NLC is growing fast. This is great for career growth, but you cannot be afraid of change or hard work. It will be worth it, but you need to have the right mindset.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
The people you work with here are the best! The company commits to only hiring and retaining A players, and they normally do a great job at it. There are a few people that come off as elitist, but they're the exception, not the rule. Another big plus is the amount of growth this company is going though has created tons of opportunity.
Cons
The amount of growth in the last 10 years has created a ton of opportunities, but it's also created an environment of constant change, and at times, uncertainty. This can be very difficult for people that need a constant routine to function.
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
I got lucky and had an incredible supervisor during my time at NLC. She genuinely cared about my success and did her best to help me manage my workload. My team was full of wickedly smart people who were passionate about the work they produced, and they were all kind and fun to work with.
Cons
However... the culture at NLC is the most toxic culture I have ever been in. There is so much change happening all at once that nobody really knows what's going on. Timelines and expectations move so quickly that burnout is expected - but you have to keep going. Top-level leadership isn't listening to staff. During one KOSA call, I remember the CEO taking questions from staff. One question was, "Do you foresee the pace slowing down anytime soon? It's been a difficult past year and it's been hard to keep up" (not the exact wording, but the jist of it). And the CEO laughed. She LAUGHED. The question was very obviously focused on how employees were having a hard time keeping up with the change and massive workload. I had coworkers sending me emails at 11:30pm, 1am, and Saturdays and Sundays. Once I heard the CEO laugh and say that the pace would not be slowing down, I knew I had to get out of there. I've never experienced burnout like I did at NLC. I'm not afraid of hard work and I enjoy being busy, but this workload was insane. My supervisor tried her best to help manage the work, but there's only so much you can do when everybody is under the same (or more) pressure. After I left, I heard that a big portion of my team also left NLC for similar reasons.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good pay and benefits compared to any other similar position in the valley.
Cons
Never seen so much nepotism before, unless you are related to someone in the company, you won't ever grow. Toxic work environment that provides no room for growth. Constantly just giving leadership different titles and promotions but 95% of employees stay where they have always been. They act as if they listen but nothing ever changes. You won't ever do your job for the students, it's all for leadership, which wasn't the original goal. Culture used to be awesome, now it's totally gone and everything is profit-focused.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Leadership and other colleagues genuinely care for you. You really do feel part of a large family.
Cons
If you don't have good personal boundaries you can end up working a lot of (unpaid) overtime.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good pay and benefits You'll like your peers Flexible work location Nice facilities
Cons
Priorities change daily - immature leadership is reactive Leadership issues that leadership ironically tries to fix with constant restructuring and role changes for the rest of the staff Unhappy staff stays for pay and benefits and keep their complaints to trusted peers to avoid consequences. The result is a silent, toxic culture in some areas. The cycle continues.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Family oriented, great benefits, tons of perks
Cons
Still working out management kinks, but not a big deal.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Benefits are pretty good actually
Cons
Coworkers are so very toxic
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Northwest Lineman College has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 35 reviews left anonymously by employees. 61% of employees would recommend working at Northwest Lineman College to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -12% over the last 12 months.
61% of Northwest Lineman College employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Northwest Lineman College 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Northwest Lineman College to be culture, career development, benefits and the cons to be management, senior leadership.
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