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    Southern California Edison Reviews

    Updated October 14, 2018
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    Southern California Edison CEO Kevin Payne
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    Pros

    • "I like being able to have a great work-life balance while becoming more proficient in the energy sector without having to burnout" (in 99 reviews)

    • "great pay and benefits from health insurance to bonuses" (in 68 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Depending on the organization, your work-life balance can be completely exhausting" (in 19 reviews)

    • "There are "clicks" in which favoritism plays a large role specially with upper management" (in 35 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Engineer"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Engineer III in Westminster, CA
      Current Employee - Engineer III in Westminster, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Southern California Edison full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great place to work. Lots of opportunities to learn, grow, and contribute to a slowly, but surely evolving business.

      Cons

      The utility is seeing a bit more competition these days, and I think the company is going through some growing pains to re-position themselves in the future. Unfortunately this means organization changes (moving/change roles & locations, loss of jobs sometimes, etc.). It's still quite a stable place to work if you're willing to adapt with them, but this may not be for everyone.

      Advice to Management

      Continue working hard to develop & modernize their measurement and control systems for operating the grid. This will be the key in unlocking a new business model and revenue stream for distributed energy resources (i.e. solar & energy storage) in the energy marketplace.

    2. "Supervisor"

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      Current Employee - Supervisor in Pomona, CA
      Current Employee - Supervisor in Pomona, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Southern California Edison full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits and great environment

      Cons

      Slow moving company toward innovation

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    3. "average experience"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      family orientated
      professional enviornment
      understanding of personal life

      Cons

      hard to connect
      sometimes long hours

    4. "I don't understand this field"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Southern California Edison full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Relatively low stress. 8-5 schedule.

      Cons

      Frustrating. Half baked policies and procedures.

      Advice to Management

      Fix your promotion process to encourage top talent to stay.

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Southern California Edison full-time

      Pros

      Good Pay, good benefits

      OTHER:
       SCE CEO=good
      EDISON INTERNATIONAL CEO = not so good

      Cons

      Must always do more with less
      Unrealistic expectations from upper management who take advice from consultants on how to run the business.

      Advice to Management

      treat all employees like you treat yourself,

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Advisor"

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      Current Employee - Advisor in Rosemead, CA
      Current Employee - Advisor in Rosemead, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Southern California Edison full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great benefits. Management respects your opinion and acts on recommendations. Long-term employees are welcoming. Wonderful cafeteria.

      Cons

      Commute to Rosemead is brutal. Need more opportunities to telecommute.

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Finance"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Southern California Edison full-time

      Pros

      Good salary, good benefits, can be an 8 to 5 job, or less if participate in the many activities organized by employees

      Cons

      Do you want to go to work, do little and never make a decision or take the lead?
      Do you like to collaborate with no results or accountability?
      Like to spend as much time as possible doing non job related activities?
      This might sound very attractive for some, and would be rewarded. It also means living in mediocrity without making this country even a better one

      Advice to Management

      Deep in their hearts, executive Leadership team could not care less; They make an insane amount of money, there is no real accountability, nor a practical-real incentive to make any change as SCE (As many other utility companies) does not need to be more efficient to justify its existence. How can anyone give an advice to such group of people?
      BTY, Florida Power Light runs operations at one third of the cost of SCE with no sweat. Why? Because its leadership team is committed to make a difference

    8. "Awesome Place to Grow and work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Southern California Edison full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      I loved every moment here and wish I didn't have to leave

      Cons

      Too much travel to and from my house

    9. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Protection Engineer in Pomona, CA
      Current Employee - Protection Engineer in Pomona, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Southern California Edison full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great, friendly coworkers and overall happy and friendly people at SCE. Great facilities. Interesting and challenging work, rewarding. Seems management cares about every employee, which is rare from my experience.

      Cons

      None of which I can think.

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work at SCE. Pension is gone for new employees, but excellent match 401k put in its place; goes to show management cares about sustainability of the company, while still maintaining competitive pay and benefits.

    10. "Administrative Aide 3"

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      Current Employee - Administrativ Aide III in Pomona, CA
      Current Employee - Administrativ Aide III in Pomona, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Southern California Edison full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      SCE offers great benefits. It also promotes a comfortable and inclusive working environment. Their opportunities and resources for advancement are incredible. Definitely a company you could stay with and retire from.

      Cons

      It was a long process to get into SCE.

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