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      Philadelphia Gas Works

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      Philadelphia Gas Works Reviews

      3.5

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (141 total reviews)
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      Seth A. Shapiro

      51% approve of CEO

      44% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      2.9

      Culture and values

      2.7

      Senior management

      Philadelphia Gas Works has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 141 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Philadelphia Gas Works employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      141 reviews
      3.0
      21 Jun 2014

      It was a good experience

      Procurement coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The family atmosphere. You feel like your working with family everyday and your not watching the clock all day long.

      Cons

      They are set in their ways as a very old company. Not quick to change.

      1.0
      18 Dec 2009

      Weird place. It will eat up your life.

      It person
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - The Company is great for young graduates. - Excellent continuing education program. - Pension, after 5 years you get vested. - Allows you to make mistakes and learn on the job. - Allows numerous moves within the company to unrelated positions. - Great heating and air conditioning. - People are generally happy. A lot of laughter.

      Cons

      - On surface very friendly, go deeper and its all who you know. People are related: husbands/ wives/ children, girlfriends & boyfriends or they have known each other for 30 years. Be careful who you talk with. - Management is weak and bends backwards to the whims of City of Philadelphia. - Serious union issues. No pay raises for management employees for 2 years and union got them. - Unequal distribution of work, responsibility and pay. - Promotions and Salaries based upon seniority. - Intense Micromanagement - Clock in / out. No trust. - Very much a "male" company. - Buildings are falling apart. Grime. Toilets flood. Infestation. - Very low salaries. (IT is 30% lower than norm.)

      3.0
      20 Oct 2015

      Political Dinosaur

      Management in distribution
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The union staff was down to earth. The older guys do their work and can joke with you, too. I still see the guys on the street, in the trucks, working in the hole and I will say hello. Again great people. The management on the other hand ........ see below

      Cons

      Navigating the management, supervisors, directors, VPs, etc members of the company (yes I was a part of that description) is where things got tricky. It requires sucking up to fit in. Noooo thank you. There are people who should have been promoted that didn't. There are people in roles that you wonder "how'd they get that job?" There are many people who left the company because they never got the promotion they deserved.

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