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    ELEXON Reviews

    Updated 11 January 2019
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    1. Featured Review

      "Great place to work with good culture"

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      • Senior Management
      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 a year)

      Pros

      I have waited a year and half before writing my review to make sure any honeymoon period was over ... just in case ... but am very pleased to say that the positive experiences here have continued from day one.

      I have an excellent manager who cares about me and my work and I now formally work one day a week from home but have been doing so informally for several months. I also work flexible hours to fit in with home commitments.

      I have met several times with the Executive as part of my job and found them to be open and keen to support change and innovation. They are relaxed and know everyone by name and always happy to chat.

      CEO has a positive approach to staff and the company’s culture and is keen to see it develop further.

      Any issues that have been raised are taken on board and form part of an action plan to improve things. Annual staff survey is also a good way to raise issues or ideas and a “you said, we did” action plan comes out of this as well.

      Cons

      Some teams seem to apply a “local” approach to flexible working. However, this is now on the radar and should be tackled.

      Of course nowhere is perfect but I would recommend working here.

      Advice to Management

      Keep placing staff at the heart of your planning ... they are your most important asset.

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Disappointing on so many levels."

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      Former Employee - Graduate Analyst in London, England
      Former Employee - Graduate Analyst in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at ELEXON full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Some nice people.
      Well stocked staff area (but needs updating).
      Central Euston location for transport links.
      Money's OK whilst you use the job as a stepping stone to something better.

      Cons

      Departmental cliques and lack of co-operation.
      Bureaucracy gone mad - " Here's a booklet about it".
      Crazy over-use of jargon to the point of incomprehension.
      Lack of any genuine career progression despite the much lauded Foundation programme which is the biggest con of all.

      Advice to Management

      Talking the talk is great, but where is the substance?
      Meetings about meetings and key players in place to keep conversations going but ultimately it seems in everyone's interests to achieve very little of meaning.
      Key senior people keep their heads down, contribute little and keep taking the pay checks until retirement; energized youngsters lose interest and leave very quickly. Why isn't this being addressed?
      Foundation programme miss-sells roles to grads. No real career progression, just menial tasks for monkeys, whilst seniors consistently work from home on Fridays and are uncontactable.
      Communications department is grossly overstaffed and self-important - constantly using internal systems to promote itself and exclude the efforts of others by promoting false messaging.

      ELEXON Response

      14 Jan 2019 – Digital Channels Manager

      Wow, that is some interesting feedback for us to consider. However, before I do respond I need to look into some of the comments you have made to make sure I understand where the potential issues may... More

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    3. "Alright"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Settlements Analyst in Euston, England
      Former Employee - Settlements Analyst in Euston, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at ELEXON full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Nice area to work in, basic extras

      Cons

      High staff turnover, management not very supportive

      ELEXON Response

      14 May 2018 – Head of HR

      Thank you for your feedback about ELEXON. We have been looking at why a couple of our teams have recently experienced a slightly higher turnover rate compared to the majority of our teams who have... More

    4. "Best decision I made"

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      • Senior Management
      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

    5. "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.

    6. "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

    7. "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!

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Company really care about the employees and CSR."

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at ELEXON full-time

      Pros

      People, reasonable pay, free fruit (x2 a week), will listen to everyone, open communication and regularly, flattish hierarchy, benefits excellent (health care, pension, gym membership, season ticket loan, EAP etc), 'passport' 3 month probation with regular updates with HR and own management, as well as sit downs and chats with all Executive Board, small company so really can communicate easily and efficiently with all, working from home ability, emphasis on CSR- because of caring not for profit reasons, excellent parties! Reward scheme, showers in building. Really learning opportunities, they will put you through most training you want and support you doing so. Generous 28 day holiday. Beautiful offices, great coffee machines and a brill sparkling water fountain! Employees genuinely care about the company and are really invested, really low staff turnover. The building is part of Regents place, which is always putting on events and is a truly ideal location and place to work.

      Cons

      Close working can often lead to fuzzy lines of accountability, and people wanting to do things that aren't necessarily within their role (though I guess this is preferable to noone ever wanting to do anything).
      some senior managers deliberately don't adhere to company policy despite being the ones who should be.
      Smell can sometimes come up from Eat which smells like stink bombs been set off.
      Can't seem to control the temperature correctly, freezing cold or boiling hot.
      Can be really bureaucratic, with approvals and papers needed for EVERYTHING which can take unnecessary time and cause hassle as everything has to be written 'the elexon way'.

      Advice to Management

      Pay rises please!

      ELEXON Response

      20 Jul 2016 – Communications Channel Manager

      Hello, thank you for the feedback. We do like to bang on about the importance of consistency in the way we communicate, we even have a document named 'the way we communicate! In words of our CEO Mark... More

    9. "A small company (~150 employees) running like a corporate."

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      Former Employee - Senior Web Developer in City of London, England
      Former Employee - Senior Web Developer in City of London, England

      Pros

      Very good in house training - I've never experienced better anywhere else
      Good salary
      Very good performance review and career progression frameworks
      Nice offices and location

      Cons

      Deep silo mentality where departments don't communicate, are secretive with one another and hoarde knowledge and information.
      Departments run like little companies, with lots of duplicated effort.

      Advice to Management

      Break down the barriers between departments.
      Don't allow silos to develop
      Encourage knowledge sharing
      Eliminate duplicate departments

    10. "Good as a try out"

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      Former Employee - Business Analyst in London, England
      Former Employee - Business Analyst in London, England

      Pros

      Used to have good social environment, good work hours

      Cons

      inconsistency in the company, no recognition, corporate in every way possible and health and safety mad

      Advice to Management

      More empowerment, better pay, recognise good staff