Very Biased Against Hiring Contractors Fulltime. - Anonymous employee Bloom Energy Employee Review

2.0
16 Jan 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic product. There is is plenty of innovation at Bloom Energy. Fast pace working environment keeps the competent employees on their feet. Immediate co-workers were amazing in terms of being uplifting and understanding of when you need personal time off.

Cons

Still being a contractor when having a degree in engineering after two years employed at the company is abhorrent. There is a very large disparity of the treatment of contractors at Bloom Energy compared to the full time employees. Contractors rarely get invited to full time employee events such as break room dinners after all hands events and company picnics. It is also very difficult to move up in the company if you are a contractor regardless of engineering education background or years of employment to the company. There can be a lot more room for competency in upper management in regards to meeting end of quarter deadlines with most customer shipments always being delayed until the last few weeks of each quarter. I learned a lot at bloom and easily found a job offering 20K more a year than I was as a contractor at Bloom Energy.

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5.0
18 May 2026
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Pros

A mature start up feel. No two days are the same, lots of interesting projects to work on and given the opportunity to have an impact The people are a highlight. Teams are collaborative, driven, and full of smart individuals who are genuinely invested in what they’re building. There’s a strong sense of ownership, and you’re given the opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way regardless of level.

Cons

There really are not any major cons so far. It is 5 days in office. And whilst I am local and enjoy coming in a little flexibility would be nice. That said there's a great gym, good restaurant and free EV charging so I like being here!

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1.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great technology and programs in place when utilize correctly. I’m really digging deep trying to find the positives, but it’s hard.

Cons

No leadership or direction you can never find a supervisor or a lead when you have a problem, no air-conditioning in half of the warehouse where all the employees actually work it’s actually the other side that’s currently being remodeled for another production line that has air-conditioning, you are led to believe this is a great company to grow with and at but you quickly realize it is actually the complete opposite of everything they tell you in training, no one pays any attention to what is going on so if you are a good hard worker that shows up on time everyday, ready to work and you cannot because the tools to do your job are missing and you have to spend the next hour looking for someone to tell it easily gets overlooked and old real fast. They have three job recruitment agencies on site with 4 time clocks all right next to each other so clocking in and out is torture. They also seem to have a rodent problem because there are mice in the locker room eating the lunch/food we bring. Between the dust, free flow chemicals, and fiberglass particles that are everywhere in there and get all over everything so naturally I was shocked when I blow my nose and it’s all black and grey snot that comes out.

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