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    Xcel Energy Reviews

    Updated September 19, 2018
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    Xcel Energy Chairman, President & CEO Benjamin G.S. Fowke III
    Benjamin G.S. Fowke III
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    Pros

    • "The pay and benefits are outstanding; I don' think any company pays more for comparable work" (in 18 reviews)

    • "Relatively good benefits with pension" (in 33 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Could be a full time job listing the negatives" (in 13 reviews)

    • "PTO bank for salaried employees, Work Life balance not good, They expect very long hours" (in 6 reviews)

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    1. Helpful (2)

      "Great place to work with lots of opportunity and challenges"

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

      I have been working at Xcel Energy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Flexible schedule, great pay and long term stability (diverse energy portfolio). Good people dedicated to the job and the company will try and do right by its employees most of the time.

      Cons

      Its a large corporation with a lot of bureaucracy and politics that any company has. Sometimes during certain times of year you may have to work long, grueling hours for outages and emergent issues.

      Advice to Management

      Get better at communication to employees, create a detailed, structured vision with clear goals and communicate that constantly and clearly.

    2. "Good place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Xcel Energy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      good compensation
      good co-workers
      great work/life balance

      Cons

      gets to be a little to much politics
      upper management has no clue what front line employees do

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    3. "Operations Supervisor"

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

      I have been working at Xcel Energy full-time

      Pros

      PTO is great, even when you start as a new employee.

      Cons

      Horrible leadership in our group, but great in other business units I work with.

    4. "Too many people coasting to retirement"

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

      Pros

      Good salary and benefits, including pension
      Good work/life balance in many departments

      Cons

      Managers don’t hold employees accountable
      At least 1/3 of employees are coasting to retirement (“retired in place”), creating unfair workloads for more engaged (younger) employees
      Bonus program recently changed and does not reward or recognize accomplishments
      Terrible track record on internal process and technology improvements

      Advice to Management

      Offer a buy out and get rid of the coasters

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Going Downhill"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous in Minneapolis, MN
      Current Employee - Anonymous in Minneapolis, MN
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Xcel Energy full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good coworkers
      Great direct supervisor
      Learning experiences

      Cons

      Too busy and understaffed
      Upper management doesn't care
      Dysfunctional technology
      Outdated and inefficient processed

      Advice to Management

      Forget just "year of the customer". Treat your employees better.

    6. "Great company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Denver, CO
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Denver, CO
      Recommends

      I worked at Xcel Energy full-time

      Pros

      If you’re Union, it’ll be the last job you work.

      Cons

      Good ol boy club still runs the show.

    7. "Administrative Specialist"

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      Former Employee - Administrative Specialist in Minneapolis, MN
      Former Employee - Administrative Specialist in Minneapolis, MN

      I worked at Xcel Energy full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good company, Good pay + benefits always within the top 100 to work for

      Cons

      High deductible medical, Nuclear energy division could use complete overhaul. Rude staff, co-workers do not engage each other.

      Advice to Management

      STOP MICROMANAGING

    8. "Employed as an Instructional Designer"

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      Former Employee - Instructional Designer in Henderson, CO
      Former Employee - Instructional Designer in Henderson, CO
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Xcel Energy (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Excellent salary plus bonus every year. Great people to work with. Wide variety of projects to work on, Great co-workers and management.

      Cons

      Would like to have had more vacation time.

    9. "Great Company"

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      Former Employee - Capac in Denver, CO
      Former Employee - Capac in Denver, CO
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Xcel Energy full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Lots of autonomy and opportunities to grow in your career.

      Cons

      As with most large companies things happen really slowly, you have to be patient.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Good source of career development"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Minneapolis, MN
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Minneapolis, MN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Xcel Energy full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      - Many opportunities to move internally
      - Learning and development opportunities
      - Decent benefits

      Cons

      - Little opportunity to advance by title or pay-grade
      - No meritocracy – you can work twice as hard as your peers but rewards for doing so are negligible at best

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