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PG&E Pacific Gas & Electric
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average score:
- type of organization: public
- size: colossal (over 10,000 people)
- website: www.pge.com
- development offices: unknown
Power Monopoly covering 2/3 California, one of the largest in the world.
2 ratings
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Typical energy company with both good and bad
posted
on
June 15, 2007
I can't entirely fault the opinion of the other rater who posted before me. I worked for PG&E's energy trading division in the late 1990's and found it to be largely about average for a big company.
The Good
PG&E is like most energy companies. It's big and it has deep pockets. Forget what you heard in the movie Erin Brockovich (search the web, you'll find some interesting articles proving that the movie was mostly fiction and took liberal license more... -
Die PG&E Crony Scum!!
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DieCronySkum
on
June 11, 2007
Hey there! Interested in working w/ highly competent people like yourself? Looking for great pay? Need an outlet for your great skills? Looking for lots of promotion oppurtunities? Well then, DON'T come to work at PG&E's IT dept. (aka ISTS).
This group is the opposite of a Meritocracy...it's an Idiocracy. The Peter Principle is on overdrive here: only the incompetent float to the top. Seriously: We have Directors, Managers, & Team Leads that have more...