Pacific Gas and Electric Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Benefits are good and career opportunities are available if you can play the “political” climate.

Cons

No work life balance and wage discrepancies. The company is going through a very difficult time and it’s working it’s management and frontline employees beyond safe conditions. Employees are being asked to respond to these emergency events for weeks at a time with no additional pay.

Pros

Working for a public utility provides job security, and the benefits are very good. Very flexible work schedules and work/life balance.

Cons

Nobody ever leaves, which provides no career growth for younger people. Getting promoted is nearly impossible, and the amount of "process" one has to go through to get anything done is really something to marvel at.

Pros

Work life balance is great in certain roles and based on the manager a flex schedule is possible Salaries are competitive Great service territory with lots of opportunities to move throughout the company and hold different positions in ones career They offer a 75% match up to 8% of salary in 401k Still offer a cash balance pension to new employees. Not as lucrative as the past final pay pension but you're only going to get that with the thieving government

Cons

Lots of competition for promotions Company has had some major regulatory hurdles in the past 3 years The legislation is giving unfair advantages to the utilities natural competitors

Pros

- Work life balance (people really don't work that hard there) - Stable (it's a monopoly). PG&E gets paid no matter what. - Great for baby boomers who like slow pace and have meetings to talk about the agenda for the next meetings. But if you are ambitious and actually want to work fast and get things done. This is not the place for you.

Cons

- Cheap company (laptops renew cycle is every FIVE years). Might as well give me a desktop. I haven't seen laptop this big and heavy since I don't know when. Is it even legal to have employees carry something this heavy and walk between floors? - Cheap company: office doesn't even offer plastic plates, forks and cups. - Cheap company: office settings look like something that you see from Mad Men - Manage to report: people really care about status reports, have multiple meetings to talk about the same status reports, than actually getting things done. It's all about reporting status to 'leadership'.

Pros

- The Benefits are excellent -They provide good work and life balance -Compensation is reasonably set, but incentives are out of reach due to company performance -Respectful and kind coworkers and supervisors -Variation in opportunites and work assignments as well as locations throughout California -Great personal pride being part of this company with long proud history in service area

Cons

-Physical offices are dreary, dirty, old, and in poor repair creating a somewhat depressing environment -Little to no incentive pay due to company performance as a whole -Heavy in Government regulation creates difficulty in agility of decision making by management -Part of workforce is Unionized and in most cases unmotivated to perform their duties or care about the customers they are to be serving -Many people, mostly on union side are hiding out and waiting for retirement, they place an undue burden on the others seeking to make PG&E the great company it can be again.

Pros

Company culture is friendly, respectful with safety at the top of the company values. Learning and work life balance is encouraged and supported. The company is generous to the community and is considered a leader in environmental initiatives.

Cons

Too many processes, management layers and politics. Due to the regulated nature of the utility industry, the company is compliance driven which inhibits innovation. Creative talent and technology frontrunners will find this company running at a "slow and sure" pace. Project or products take a very long time to get approved because the company is highly scrutinized by the public.

Pros

Good pay and benefits, lots of overtime

Cons

Tough work life balance but good otherwise

Pros

- If you know how to navigate the organization, you can have a great career here - Ability to move around the company and get lots of varied experiences - Great benefits package - Good compensation - Generally good work life balance (depending on your direct leader)

Cons

- Risk adverse culture - Leaders have A.D.D. across the board - so many initiatives coming and going - Leaders have difficulty making decisions and don't trust subordinates to make decisions - Words don't align with actions - Significant time spent getting consensus from every stakeholder - Lots of pockets of employees who don't do work and don't get fired

Pros

Salary & Benefits are pretty awesome. Union protections depending on which job you have. Fantastic peers that work full-time at PG&E (contractors, not so much). LGBTQIA+ affirming - check out rating on the Equality Index.

Cons

Never-ending reorganization of the company. Management will constantly break union rules especially regarding overtime, job description, and not paying STIP / greatly reducing STIP arbitrarily. Supervisors / Managers concentrate on quality metrics while piling on additional responsibilities. Quantity does not equal quality. Work / Life Balance is non-existent. Preferential treatment of Project Managers over Project Controls Analysts. This includes 'blaming' Analysts for shortcomings in a Project Manager's performance. 'Yes' people in management - especially Supervisors. Inadequate or complete lack of training when they roll out new processes, procedures, policies, and software. Departments work in 'silos' - the Contracts dept will roll out a new requirement or software without consulting the departments that have to actually follow the requirement / use the software. Same with IT & Engineering. Basically, the 'support' departments do not consult with all stakeholders. The way the company uses SAP and especially P6 is ridiculous. 'Hustle' culture in play here although the company is constantly talking about 'work/life balance.' Overall, chaotic / toxic work culture.

Pros

Good work and life balance

Cons

Low salary which is not enough for bay area