It would be wise to exhaust all other options. - Anonymous Employee- Former Employee Deriva Energy Employee Review

1.0
11 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I was able to collect a check and support my family.

Cons

If you came here looking for potential red flags prior to committing and investing your time, talent and passion, I believe these reviews paint an accurate picture. Often negative reviews capture individual personality conflicts or grievances about policies that were known at the time of hire. Most all of the reviews here align to paint an accurate picture of the company culture and daily work environment. Measured, strategic and disciplined leadership has unapologetically been run out or over by ego driven narcissists that want “yes” people to carry out ill timed, unnecessary, and unplanned projects while key contributors are burned out from completing multiple “once a year” projects concurrently with little to no recognition, reward or growth and no end in sight for meaningless projects while projects required to maintain the core infrastructure are ignored. You are simply told this is life is Private Equity. This leadership from Brookfield cares about their money, not building a great renewable business, team, and place to work as they try to sell recruits.

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5.0
13 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Company gives you opportunity to step up outside of your role (if wanted) - strategic environment with collaborative environment - ability to shape culture - Legacy utility mindset finally being removed, replaced with high performers that are looking to operated in a Private Equity structure

Cons

- Legacy mindset from prior Utility ownership - IT Group could use improvement

1.0
23 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

High-profile-looking office with free snacks

Cons

I was a legacy Duke Energy Renewables employee before it was sold to Brookfield and became Deriva Energy. In the two and a half years I spent at Deriva, I witnessed incompetency and toxicity on a level I wasn't aware was possible. Deriva Energy is not an energy company. It is a private equity firm. And, I mean that as the pejorative that it is. The aim, the vision of the company by my account seems to be a race to the bottom. What's the least we can invest in our people, in our infrastructure? What's the worst treatment that they'll tolerate? How many can we afford to watch walk out the door? I saw play out across multiple teams leadership setting unrealistic goals, burning out their talent until they left, and refusing to backfill them until work eventually ground to a halt. Over the course of 6 months, everyone in the org chart between myself and the CEO turned over. I witnessed a director undermine and sabotage the work of the managers beneath them to the point where all of their direct reports quit and an entire department was left without leadership. Executive-level management saw this and refused to step in. I refuse to believe anyone in C-suite cares. I think that's enough to paint a picture of the culture and state of Deriva Energy. If you're considering applying, please do yourself a favor and exhaust all other options before accepting a position here.

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