Pros
Good benefits, great pay and perks...kind of like a golden noose. Don't say anything and you will reap great rewards. If you say anything....you will be hanged.
Cons
I believe the company has issues with upper management and corruption. When this company was run by engineers as NSP, in the 1970's and 1980's, it was a well run company which treated employees with dignity and respect. Xcel is about greed and corruption and portraying a public image while not taking care of the power plants and the rate payer. HR will not not address upper management, even those who pressure women for sex as a means of advancing their careers, as it is a House of Cards. There is NO government oversight and NO regulatory oversight. Xcel is the largest lobbying company in MN and it is a monopoly and now wants a 10.5% rate increase while installing badly degraded parts in safety related equipment at a nuclear power plant, while building a 12 million dollar warehouse for parts which do not exist. Money and government have become one.