Career death trap for people of color. No upward mobility here! - Individual Contributor DTE Energy Employee Review

3.0
7 Feb 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits, and worklife balance. Cares about employee safety and well being. Company has done an excellent job supporting employees and their families with work from home efforts during the pandemic. The company has really shown itself as a "Force For Growth in the Community" as quoted in the company's statement. This is probably the one thing that makes me proud to work here.

Cons

Company lacks minorities and women in leadership and will go out of their way not to promote minorities from within. I wouldn't recommend anyone who looks like me to come here. While the package to get you in the door may look impressive and promising; your opportunities for advancement are not. On average, a person of color remains in the same job they hired into the company 5 to 10 years later while white counter parts experience 1-2 promotions within that same time span. This company will promote a white person without proper qualifications in a heartbeat, but will pick apart the qualifications of a person of color and find reasons not to promote them. It's truly sad that you can ask any random employee of color (especially black employees) about their career experience and they all have similar stories. In some departments this place is run like a modern day plantation. Dont waste your time complaining about it. The HR, Ethics and Legal departments turn a side eye to everything and you will definitely be retaliated against for speaking up about an issue.

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5.0
19 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company, good place to work

Cons

Very large, decisions are made from far above you.

2.0
21 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

As much as this company allows you to learn, use this opportunity for experience and for your resume so you can move on to better things.

Cons

Lots of micromanaging and also unfairness. Overwhlemed with work and training and bosses believe we got the time for all of it. They give certain people, usually the new employees, do more than their job title asked for because they don't trust them or because they take advantage. Older employees don't need to do such training because they are relatives. Severely underpaid and management believes getting a promotion with little pay and more overtime makes up for your title. Management believes they are better than you and don't like being at fault and give the most outlandish excuse for any problems that arise.

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