PPL Reviews
75% would recommend to a friend
(440 total reviews)
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84% approve of CEO
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Updated Nov 27, 2023
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- 5.0Oct 18, 2023Support EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearAllentown, PA
Pros
Diverse Talent; skilled mentors; innovative culture
Cons
3 days minimum office; utilities are restrained by regulation
- 3.0Oct 27, 2023Experience DesignerFormer Employee, less than 1 year
Pros
My peers were amazing: understanding, supportive, and passionate about their jobs and responsibilities. There is a genuine hunger to learn more and be the best designer possible, executed through routine critiques, lunch and learn style sharing, and group knowledge shares.
Cons
There is some wider organization that needs to be done for an experience team to truly function. We spent time producing minimum viable products that were not necessarily user-friendly and would maybe never see the light of day anyway. The project intake process needed organization and more detail, and lacked stakeholder buy-in, leading to scope creep. Demands would find their way into briefs that designers should have no business solving and executing for. For example, we were often assigned the creation of presentations, where we had a primary responsibility in generating content in which we did not have expertise. The organization is incredibly siloed, which made researching user experience issues for both employees and customers extremely difficult, and senior leadership placed the onus on brand new, entry-level employees for breaking down these siloes and navigating the organization without an org chart or diagram of the organizational function at large.
- 3.0Nov 27, 2023Home Health AideCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsHaddonfield, NJ
Pros
Actually hired by a family and did training and employment through PPL. Most of my positive interactions are because of the family rather than the company, who I interacted with rarely.
Cons
When I did need something, like help with a missing paycheck or training, they became annoyingly difficult to get a hold of.
- 2.0Nov 2, 2023Sr. EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsAllentown, PA
Pros
Exciting technologies being incorporated so while it's not a high value of mine, being cutting edge is pretty cool
Cons
lack of leadership in a lot of areas no transparency feels like no real direction some days
- 3.0Sep 7, 2023Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearLouisville, KY
Pros
not a bad place to work by any means, great people on the KY side
Cons
hired as a remote employee only for some CEO and VP level people to switch us to hybrid. Yeah sure I love that the millionaire is going to tell me how this is so great for all of us when they effectively don't feel the same burden that a regular peon like me does with time lost for commuting, car depreciation, gas, and having to pay to park downtown.
2 - 4.0Oct 20, 2023Data ScientistFormer EmployeeAllentown, PA
Pros
Flexible Work life balance Wfh
Cons
No conference participations No room for growth
- 5.0Oct 6, 2023Transmission EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsAllentown, PA
Pros
Different departments to move around
Cons
Very political and don't care about you doing a good job.
- 4.0Sep 28, 2023Anonymous EmployeeFormer EmployeeAllentown, PA
Pros
Good pay but the office is old
Cons
Very old office and too many chiefs.
- 5.0Aug 1, 2023Associate Information Systems AnalystCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearAllentown, PA
Pros
Really good work-life balance, meaning you will enjoy your job
Cons
legacy company means a lot of red tape. Management is older
- 4.0Apr 18, 2023Senior Experience DesignerCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsAllentown, PA
Pros
The company is always looking to improve their process and internal organization so that we perform at our absolute best. We are valued as a team and there are many perks to working at PPL including excellent benefits, generous PTO, a lifestyle spending account, and annual bonuses.
Cons
Everyone must work an emergency role, and it can change periodically depending upon what they feel is necessary. This means you could be required to travel and stay in a hotel, or perform jobs completely unrelated to your position, or work in a call center for 2 weeks with customer service doing 10 hour shifts.
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PPL has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 531 reviews left anonymously by employees. 75% of employees would recommend working at PPL to a friend and 66% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -4% over the last 12 months.
75% of PPL employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated PPL 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at PPL to be culture, career development, benefits and the cons to be work life balance, senior leadership, management.
