Philadelphia Office is on Fire - Full Stack Developer NRG Energy Employee Review

1.0
Dec 6, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

When I had originally started there things were great, we were treated with respect in return for our loyalty. Standards were high and we liked it that way. Perks were plentiful. Then the stock price sank, the CEO was ousted and things went bad.

Cons

The entire Web applications team quit, starting first with their manager. Projects never complete on time. Their Texas counterparts do not treat treat their Philadelphia counterparts with respect. Managers check security footage to see what time employees are coming in. Manager had a webcam setup in conference room to spy on employees while in private meetings. Managers have no respect for people in the LGBT community, even making jokes in front of employees about transitioning employees, and refusing to acknowledge their new gender. Bro-culture Open office No respect for headphone rule Treated like children

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Opportunity to gain power markets experience. Many different departments, exposure to many different parts of the industry. Acceptable benefits and bonus compensation.

Cons

Expected to perform tasks, upskill in AI programming, or anything to further the interests of the group, outside of stated job responsibilities. Shifted from a 2-day in office work week to 4-day in office work week, with inconsistent expectations from all levels of management. Lackluster resources for data science, in comparison to industry peers. Mostly subscription-based resources, not many on-prem resources built correctly. Company's basic infrastructure for finance & accounting used for data science work. Bad network connectivity. Website or services crucial to projects, such as PJM Data Miner 2 are sometimes blocked or non-functional. Non-technical leaders oversee software projects with inflexible or unreasonable expectations.

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