Pacific Gas and Electric Reviews

I worked at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than a year

Pros – Static environment, degree of stability.

Cons – Couldn't recommend this company to anyone, particularly not fellow alumnus.

Advice to Senior Management – Break the company up into smaller units

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Pacific Gas and Electric as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Nice people if you are an employee. Great if you are a minority. Promote from within.

Cons – Heavy use of but yet distrust of contractors built into culture. Disorganized. In their quest to hire minorities, they've left quality behind to some degree. Some bad management not managing to top notch corperate standards.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on integrity and adhereance to corperate standards and norms.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time

Pros – Opportunity to work on interesting renewable policy challenges.

Cons – For a large company not as many opportunities as it's too bureaucratic.

Advice to Senior Management – Articulate more opportunities to rank and file employees who are dedicated and driven.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Not very aggressive culture at PG&E

Cons – average pay. slow promotions . many lateral moves

Advice to Senior Management – Give employees more autonoly

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Pacific Gas and Electric as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Friendly department staff, helpful management, good IT support, community outreach and events, safety is taken seriously here and I appreciate it. They do ergo-assessments at your desk which is awesome! I felt like I fit in and I liked the face-passed environment.

Cons – Human resources department is slow to process requests and was not professional. The website does not work with macs or certain browsers which makes things difficult.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Professionals from top to bottom

Cons – No cons at this company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Pacific Gas and Electric

Pros – competitive compensations
flexible working hours
team-oriented culture

Cons – always in reorganization mode
beaurocracy

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great place to work if you understand the company culture.

Cons – Talk about sharks, there are some cutthroat people....

Advice to Senior Management – Value productivity more.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great benefits; opportunities to learn

Cons – Lots of changes; overtime is good pay but can be hard on family life

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Pacific Gas and Electric full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very supportive of younger employees. Lots of opportunities for growth and support for additional education. Although there was a distinct structure to the company, most people had an open door policy and you could get time when you needed it.

Cons – Long hours, stressful environment. We had a lot of responsibilities and there was little room for mistakes when you have the eyes of management, customers, protestors and the utility commission on you at all times.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company