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    ELEXON Reviews

    Updated 20 June 2017
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    ELEXON Chief Executive Officer Mark Bygraves
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    3 Ratings

    13 Employee Reviews

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    1. "Excellent place to work with good learning oppurtunities."

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at ELEXON full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      -Staff are experts in the Electricity settlement industry and also friendly.
      -Good work/life balance
      -Excellent staff benefits
      -Transparent leadership

      Cons

      Since it's a small company, not much room for career progression.

    2. "Good for training, not for progression"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at ELEXON full-time

      Pros

      Excellent training programmes over the years.
      Good bonuses, though better for those that were there in beginning with final salary pension
      Fairly good work life balance
      Nice office
      Many helpful and friendly people - it's only asset. I still work with many in cooperation.
      Not for profit with protected bites - both it's strength and it's weakness. Security of job.
      In the centre of

      Cons

      Lack of opportunities to progress and when there are, the criteria is managed so that the desired potential internal candidate gets it.
      Vires not unlocked, so lack of expansion opportunities.
      Lack of delegation and autonomy.
      High turnover of staff, many left for rival companies that provide opportunities.
      Communication is carefully controlled.
      Risk adverse.

      Advice to Management

      Provide autonomy to staff
      Trust staff to work from home
      Accept that vires limitation protects you from competition
      Accept that lack of opportunities means staff will move on.
      Stop spinning staff survey results and failings, staff know what is going on.

      ELEXON Response

      3 Jul 2017 – Head of HR

      Thank you for taking the time to place a review. ELEXON is working hard to strike the right balance between the opportunities we are able to offer to staff and the restrictions we have based on the... More

    3. Helpful (1)

      "Experience is hit or miss"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at ELEXON full-time

      Pros

      Good work-life flexibility.
      Nice and supportive people to work with, though this varies depending on the manager and the team you join.
      Good career option if you are interested in the field of data analytics.

      Cons

      Trainees are treated with disdain and don't receive any proper job training; less desirable and unwanted tasks are packaged as "learning opportunities" instead.
      Rigid work environment; many paperwork chores and bureaucratic hurdles to clear before you can change anything.
      Signs of poor employee morale were not picked up and addressed by the management early enough, and this culminated in a high turnover last year.

      Advice to Management

      Stay in touch with your rank-and-file employees. Take interest in their long term career development, and don't just look upon them as short term resources.

      ELEXON Response

      3 Jul 2017 – Head of HR

      We are keen to develop a flexible and positive working environment and we continue to make every effort to gain feedback and direction from our staff on how they would like to see ELEXON develop. I... More

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    4. "A great place to work"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Excellent training opportunities
      Good work/life balance
      Teams really work together
      Supportive management
      The 'on-boarding' process is the best one I've experienced

      Cons

      As the company is so small, there isn't much room for career progression within teams- you'd have to wait for somebody to leave

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you're doing- I'm really enjoying working at ELEXON so far and feel very much part of the organisation a little over a month in.

    5. "Best decision I made"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at ELEXON full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good Work Life Balance
      Open Culture
      Good benefits
      Challenging work

      Cons

      Risk adverse because of its role within the sector

      Advice to Management

      Keep on doing what you are doing its a great place to work

    6. "Friendly and supportive environment"

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      Current Employee - Analyst in London, England
      Current Employee - Analyst in London, England
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at ELEXON full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Nice people to work with
      Some real industry experts to learn from
      Good benefit package
      Good work and life balance

      Cons

      Very procedure focused
      Lack of interesting works and career progression
      Job can be repetitive
      No promotion until there is a vacancy due to someone above leaves or team restructuring

      Advice to Management

      Create more competitive environment and get rid of people who are unproductive and incompetent.

      More rewards for those who outperform.

    7. "Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      The people are very friendly and there are lots of social activities/team building events

      Cons

      Communication between teams could be improved

      Advice to Management

      A proper career framework please. It is very slow progress through the organisation

      ELEXON Response

      12 Jul 2016 – Communications Channel Manager

      Hi, thank you for your advice. We love getting employee feedback about working for ELEXON, their day-to-day working environment, the Executive team and communications. Over the last year we have been... More

    8. Helpful (1)

      "System analyst"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at ELEXON full-time

      Pros

      Recognized company in the electricity industry

      Cons

      Very incompetent HR, they get wrong all payslips.
      Absent management, cares only for own personal interests
      Low pay
      Non existent career opportunities

      Advice to Management

      Learn how to treat people working for you. Get on a course for ethics on work environments.
      Stop wasting time with useless chatter and politics.

      ELEXON Response

      12 Jul 2016 – Communications Channel Manager

      Hi, thank you for taking time out to give feedback. I am disappointed to learn that your experience did not match our intention of ELEXON being one of the best places to work. Making workplace... More

    9. "It's is one of the best companies that I have worked for to date. It has a great company culture and set of values."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at ELEXON full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      It has some of the brightest, most professional and self motivated people that I have met. The people are definitely the key unique driving factor behinds it's current and future success.

      Cons

      There are no cons I can think off. Overall I was very happy working there.

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work!

      ELEXON Response

      20 Jul 2016 – Communications Channel Manager

      Thank you for the positive response. We are pleased to read people are one of the best things about us - we believe that too!

    10. Helpful (2)

      "This company cares and invests in their employees and gives them opportunities to giveback."

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at ELEXON full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      ELEXON is about it's people, they have a fantastic benefits package (Great Pension, Private Medical Insurance, EAP, Subsidised Gym Membership, Eye Care, Cycle to Work, Child Care Vouchers etc) gernerous holiday allowance, CSR programme (2 days to contribute to charity, charity contribution scheme when participating in a charity event, support charities nominated by staff with fundraising activities, environmentally friendly) they are flexible (laptops, working from home, working hours) office location and facilities are great (free fruit 2x a week, coffee/water machines, close to shops/parks) you can have open conversations with colleagues, staff have a wealth of industry knowledge and will openly help anyone new to the business to pass on that knowledge. They provide great training opportunities and will help with anything you wish to develop. The new starter induction is great you get time to meet with each Executive member plus introduced to colleagues as the business is only 100 employees.

      Cons

      Accountability/relevant action by senior management is not always there when processes are not followed/when staff go against policy or act against company values.
      Management lines can sometimes be blured due to the relaxed nature of the business.

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