4.0
8 Jan 2009
Former employee
Santa Clara, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
People are generally friendly, and out to serve the public. Compensation is great, especially if you are willing to invest the decade or so it takes to be promoted to management. Great job stability though. The atmosphere is peaceful if you're into that. Some days, you can spend the entire time surfing the web. Its a good place for an intern with no skills to spend some time learning the ropes of the utility business, although few had the patience to stick around after a year or so.
Cons
There are definitely more than a couple that could be called disgruntle civil servants. Definitely a sense of complacency in some corners. Some long term employees can be really entrenched and difficult to work with.