Depressive Micromanaged dictatorship! - SME BUSINESS EDF Employee Review

1.0
8 May 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

EDF Still offer annual bonuses.

Cons

Working for EDF started as a great company portraying an image that want employees to progress and be successful. This is not the case. You only get progression if the face fits. I worked very hard for 6 years in a heavily micro managed environment for a short man as a manger. I believe he must have been bullied at school because he had full power to treat staff in any way he see fit and get away with it. Its not a nice place to work, and perfect for the plodder doing a 9-5 who doesn't mind being treated like crap!

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Pros

Real opportunities to grow into more technical roles (Control Center Operator → Systems Engineer paths exist and aren't just on paper). You get hands-on experience with industrial systems most people only read about — OSI PI, SCADA, OMS integrations, cloud telemetry — which is hard to get elsewhere. Management generally supports continued education and certifications.

Cons

Decisions move slowly. Getting tooling, software, or process changes approved often involves multiple layers, including approvals that flow up to the French parent company. Procurement and IT requests can take weeks for things that would take a day at a smaller company. Some legacy systems and processes haven't been modernized — you'll find yourself working around quirks instead of fixing them.

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