Opus Energy Employee Reviews about "opus energy"

Pros

nice offices, good salary and benefits

Cons

I can honestly state that this is the worse place I've ever worked. The senior manager of the department is totally incompetent, a gas-lighter, a charlatan and a bully. They were tasked with joining the organisation to turn the department around as it was already failing, but somehow managed to make it 100% times worse. Despite many reports to senior management in the organisation about their awful behaviour, and lack of support, nothing was done about it. It's a shame as the company likes to "bang on" about mental health and well-being on the surface, but in practice they allow this disgusting behaviour and management style to continue. I, and my colleagues were make to feel stupid, useless and totally incompetent at any given opportunity and were thrown under the bus on more occasions than I care to recount. We worked over and above our hours into the evenings and weekends in a very stressful role, and it was never good enough. My confidence took a massive knock working here and filled me with extreme anxiety. I feel that they should be ashamed of how they have treated members of staff who have given their all to their team and organisation only to be treated so poorly. I would highly recommend that you don't seek opportunities at Opus Energy unless you enjoy being worked to the point of breakdown with no thanks whatsoever.

Pros

I applied for one of the graduate schemes at Opus Energy, and found the application and interview process very straightforward. There was no waiting on Recruitment to get in touch with you; everyone I interacted with was very friendly, helpful and professional. The graduate scheme has been very beneficial to my personal development since we have plenty of useful training and mentoring. The scheme has also allowed me to experience many different aspects of the company, giving me a great insight into the energy sector and helping me decide how I want my career to progress. Opus Energy are really keen on employee wellbeing, have a great rewards scheme, and support lots of charities; this all contributes to a really great working environment!

Cons

There has been a lot of change at Opus Energy over the last year since becoming part of the Drax Group. In my opinion, a vast majority of these changes are really beneficial and it is exciting to be part of this change. However, some of these changes haven't been communicated well and that has had a negative impact on relations between employees and Senior Management/HR. In time I do think these will be resolved.

Pros

Opus Energy have been rapidly growing since I joined and you can see plenty of internal progression. A good support network from L&D for new managers. The culture changes depending what area you work in. At its best, it is a business that treats you like an adult, more concerned with you achieving rather that how you achieve.

Cons

Communication is lacking. We don't get enough of it and we don't get it when we say we will. For instance, our benefits package was supposed to be revealed last October and we weren’t told anything until March...and in March we were told it would be postponed. Career levels is another area where we have been told part of the story but no one seems to know the full story. So communication could really do with being seriously looked at.

Pros

Opus Energy really do value their employees. Through employee surveys they have listened to what we want and have implemented a fantastic benefits package that includes private medical healthcare, Life Assurance and Employee Assistance programme. In addition to these there are a number of flexible benefits to choose from such as buying or selling holiday, critical illness cover, dental insurance, childcare vouchers, cycle to work , and retail discounts and benefits.

Cons

Limited Parking, Consistent messaging can get lost as it gets fed downwards.