Great culture, but Storm Duty is silly - Anonymous employee DTE Energy Employee Review

4.0
19 Oct 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Higher-level managers will take time from their day to come talk to you Teams work well together Good pay and benefits Very flexible with your time and needs

Cons

Every time a few drops of rain falls, 50,000 people are out of power. They fix it very quickly, but everyone who is not an engineer or repair crew is eligible for Storm Duty, which is essentially putting on a hard hat and standing by a downed power line to make sure no people go near it until a repair person shows up. Even if you are making $100k a year, you still have to go out like a crossing guard.

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Cons

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Pros

As much as this company allows you to learn, use this opportunity for experience and for your resume so you can move on to better things.

Cons

Lots of micromanaging and also unfairness. Overwhlemed with work and training and bosses believe we got the time for all of it. They give certain people, usually the new employees, do more than their job title asked for because they don't trust them or because they take advantage. Older employees don't need to do such training because they are relatives. Severely underpaid and management believes getting a promotion with little pay and more overtime makes up for your title. Management believes they are better than you and don't like being at fault and give the most outlandish excuse for any problems that arise.

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