TVA reviews

In Human Resources, overall lack of vision, strategy, and a general constant climate of "hair on fire" emergencies. Alignment between the top leaders in HR is minimal which makes getting the right work done very difficult if not impossible. What could be a very good place to work (TVA in general) is ruined by childish Jr. High like behavior of the leadership team of HR. Many excellent people have come and gone from the HR team - and those that disappear do so without even as much as a goodbye or a choked thank you from leadership. Leaving those that remain, disengaged, frustrated, and without much hope for their respective futures.

Your experience there will vary wildly depending on what organization and work group you find yourself in. I moved around into different organizations within TVA and the common theme was that middle-upper management was clueless and indifferent to the crumbling state of the agency and front line managers found their cries for help falling on deaf ears. The staffing for critical areas has fallen below sustainable levels and if you are one of those left who can halfway do your job expect to work 60-70 hour work weeks under high stress. There is no attrition planning and most of the knowledge quite literally walked away after the last buyout. In five to ten years TVA will not be able to operate unless they improve staffing and training.