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All Aboard The Titanic - Engineer American Electric Power Employee Review

1.0
21 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers and benefits are good. Not must else as of late.

Cons

Avoid unless you have no other options!! Use to be a great place to work. New CEO rules with absolute power! Either people around him are too scared to speak up or he does not care what anyone else thinks. Only thing that matters is Wall Street and company stock price. There has been a series of bad decisions that has the company morel at an all time low. Company paid a lot of the experience employees to leave or retire. Constant musical chairs with leadership never know how long people will stay in their roles. Recently downsized management demoting a lot of supervisors and managers. Bonuses are not what they use to be, getting smaller and smaller each year. Refuses to adjust pay based on the current market. And to add the cherry on top a mandatory 5 days RTO for all of the work staff. Employees concerns go unanswered by the CEO and board. A ton of lip service but no real actions. A lot of good people are leaving and they will not be replaced leaving the rest to pick up the work. CEO and the board are out of touch with reality and they are running the company into the ground!

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5.0
15 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very laid back. Minimal oversight. Great managers.

Cons

Slow growth opportunities, just have to wait for people to retire.

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3.0
18 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

New leadership seems to be focused on growing the share value, which means investing heavily in programs for reliability and storm restoration. There are tons of amazing and intelligent people to work with. There's ERG's for most groups. Community involvement is a priority. The employees truly do care about the customers. Great benefits due to recent enhancements and decent pay for the areas we serve.

Cons

New leadership seems to be focused on growing the share value. Advancement for a woman is extremely difficult. You can prove yourself over and over and get nowhere. Training is non-existent when you are hired. You just have to figure out what you are supposed to do and how to do it as you go along. Many times you just have to know someone who knows what you should be doing and ask them. When you ask someone what they do, sometimes they reply "I don't really know yet". There is little to no standardization when it comes to security roles in the computer systems. You also have to find someone to ask what access you need. Policies are either non-existent or so complicated that more time (and money) is spent following them than any savings gained by following them. There are unqualified people hired and even promoted because of who they know. There are still areas of this company where bigotry is rampant and controls hiring decisions. All remote jobs have been eliminated and moved to on-site which really limits opportunities for growth in rural areas without relocating to more urban areas. Ethics and Compliance has no authority to act when wrongdoing is proven which leaves unscrupulous employees in jobs for years which ruins the credibility of management.

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