Good Energy Reviews

4.3

80% would recommend to a friend

(223 total reviews)
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Nigel Pocklington

96% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Good Energy has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 223 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Good Energy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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223 reviews
3.0
15 Mar 2021

Good work

Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Location was good and work environment

Cons

I haven't found any cons there

4.0
11 Aug 2020

good role

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good atmosphere and clean environment

Cons

nothing as such if you ask me.

1.0
15 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great People in the teams - Lots of passion and drive - Great brand - Very rare to find such a purpose driven business - Lots of progress has been made (but man was it hard going) - IT service is now wonderful (when I joined they didn't have wifi in the whole building) - Loads of potential - Mental health first aiders - Some teams and roles are spared from some of the details below, you might get lucky

Cons

- Founder Syndrome in full swing. -- See wikipedia - Dunning-kruger effect is also affecting people. -- See wikipedia Sadly the culture at the top directly contradicts their brilliant values: [Hence the 1 star for culture and values below, it looks great on paper, but there is little evidence of the behaviours being demonstrated] - Nothing is straightforward at Good Energy's they have a tendency to use a topdown micro management approach. - Constant shifting of focus on to short term goals, means no one really knows whats happening and long term stuff just gathers dust. - The 'Top' has very little interest in actual customers, their problems or what it might take to fix them. - Inclusive means if CEO and or certain directors like you, you'll be given a promotion your likely not qualified for and they will badge it as 'development'. - Culture of blame at the top. I've had to comfort distressed co-workers more at GE than any other previous role. Fairness rarely gets a look in. - Bulling regularly witnessed 1st hand to demean and belittle people. - Inappropriate comments and overt displays of alpha male nonsense go unchecked. - Needlessly competitive Sales culture results in an "either your on our team or your the opposition" resulting in unnecessary confrontational attitudes, special treatment of a select few, which all further divides the teams and undermines people. - Some people think that because they have a PHD they have 'completed' education and they have nothing more to learn, this results in some serious narcissistic behaviour. Like the climate crisis Good Energy's CEO and Directors suffer from: - Huge lack of common sense coupled with a pretty healthy amount of confirmation bias resulting in poor decision making. - Systematic and repeated failure to listen to 'expert advice'. Resulting in a huge technical debt and investment in the wrong things at the wrong time. - Not much desire to look at any data that goes against their bias. - Lack of understanding about engineering/technology/digital/marketing/brand. - Lack willingness to truly empower people. They say they value their people but the staff churn speaks for it self - HR are always busy ushering talent out the door with some sort of severance package. In my 3 years at GE I attended close to 45 leaving drinks, thats more than in all my previous roles combined. The new building has always been 18months away (once they start), for 3+ years and counting.... and still no diggers.

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Good Energy Response
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We are deeply sorry that you feel this way and a review like this obviously causes us distress, which is why I am answering it personally. We know we’re not perfect - no organisation is - but this review is completely unfair and unbalanced. We have very high engagement levels, which we measure every six months (81% in August this year). Whilst you have not enjoyed working at Good Energy, most of our people love their jobs here. We absolutely do not tolerate bullying in any way, shape or form. Nor any kind of behavior which demeans or belittles any member of the team. It is a supportive and caring environment. We have 50% women in our Executive Director roles including myself and our CEO. We would not tolerate inappropriate ‘alpha male’ behaviour and we pride ourselves on our inclusive culture. The renewables industry is such a tough environment and Good Energy has had to adapt and change because of external factors. You're definitely right that we’ve been forced to shift focus at times in order to meet these challenges and deliver our mission. We really value your feedback on these areas and advice on what we can do to improve things. I guess you would know that Bulb is a business which has completely different objectives to Good Energy’s mission, so not the best comparison, but best of luck to them anyway. Thank you for your review. Fran Woodward People and Customer Operations Director
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