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Alistair Phillips-Davies
378 Ratings
Pros
"Flexible working, Good Pension contributions" (in 59 reviews)
"Good benefits and career progression options" (in 43 reviews)
Cons
"SSE was sold to OVO so I was not sure of my future" (in 43 reviews)
"Senior Management were stuck in the dark ages" (in 38 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
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- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Flexible working, ability to progress, inclusive workplace, manager who genuinely cares about their team.
Cons
None that I can think of.
- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Salary was good and as expected
Cons
None all OK from me
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Flexible first allows working from home, bonus scheme and car allowance / company car
Cons
Wide salary bands means hug differences for staff in same positions. Structures constantly evolving and shortness of staff results in high workloads
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Flexible Friendly staff Good pay Health and safety is very important
Cons
Stressful sometimes, hard to get the holiday dates you want.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good company and not bad
Cons
Don’t pay more or less
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Interesting projects, plenty of work to do. Good team and people.
Cons
Top Heavy structure. Pension contribution lower than other energy companies.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Wide range of opportunities to learn
Cons
Sometimes the workload can be a bit much
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great people, good pay, healthy work-life balance
Cons
Unsure about future job prospects post-scheme
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Sick pay, holidays, every thing provided for job
Cons
Lots of safety protocols can make jobs slow
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
everything is fine and everyone is supportive.
Cons
no such cons everything is fine
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SSE has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 945 reviews left anonymously by employees. 71% of employees would recommend working at SSE to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.
71% of SSE employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated SSE 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at SSE to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, culture, management.
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