Reliant Energy Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Reliant Energy as a contractor

Pros – Growth potential is there, there is lots of new changes everyday, as they are merging.The atmosphere is aggressive

Cons – Co-workers tend to be clannish,and at the end of the day there has been some petty stuff.And you might get better perks if you are a who you know type of person.

Advice to Senior Management – Value everyone contributions that helped you get to that goal

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Reliant Energy full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people and some flexibility

Cons – Salaries are low for the industry

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Reliant Energy full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great team of talented people to work with

Cons – Company benefits are not as good as other companies in same industry. Promotions are far and few and not often communicated to the group.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reliant Energy full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Pay is very competitive with the market

Cons – CEO is selling staff short with current merger.

Advice to Senior Management – Appreciate your people during a merger.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Reliant Energy full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good compensation, room for growth, professional work place, friendly environment, refreshments for employees, bosses are friendly and supportive, fun activities to improve relationship between employees, transparency between different departments. Overtime opportunity. Upper managers are attentive and notice, encourage employee performance.

Cons – Stress from angry customers, office in downtown so lunches are expensive and have to walk far. Difficult to move to other departments even the jobs are more suitable with interests, education because of the current position in customer service.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to be attentive to employee performance and needs. Give opportunities for employees to move within the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Reliant Energy

Pros – Pay is good and feedback on activities is given. Moreover junior cadre gel in well and are friendly. You can sometimes move up fast if you are in the proper lobby. Visibility is often there. Immediate bosses are supportive of their juniors

Cons – Management lacks vision and often makes erratic decisions. Factionalism is rife and your advancement depends on your sycophancy and the faction you are in. Juniors are not well treated by the middle management. Company lacks standard operating procedures in work and too much depends on the individual with no fail safe mechanisms in place.

Advice to Senior Management – Please avoid the perennial firefighting mode. Take sound decisions at the corporate levels like viability of the projects to be taken up. More often than not management indulges in value destruction. Further please try to control this sycophancy culture and curb factionalism

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Reliant Energy

Pros – a big organization with opportunities to move around the company, to gain exposure in different field while participating in cross-functional projects

Cons – an older firm that changes slowly, sometimes behind the pace of market, business might out-grown the in-house systems from time to time

Advice to Senior Management – provide more transparency on company direction, more team bonding environment that would increase productivity and efficiency, lead by example when situation arises

Former Employee – worked at Reliant Energy

Pros – Reliant energy has a great working environment

Cons – The takeover made things a little more stringent at the workplace. But still a great place to work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reliant Energy

Pros – Its a big company with lots of potential

Cons – Lots of politics, don't pay alot. no appreciation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reliant Energy

Pros – Benefits are good and they are worth their weight in gold, it was a great place to work. would recommend this company.

Cons – NRG take over was the worst thing that could have happened, they micro managed all process and leadership functions within the company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend