A heaping pile of unrecognized ability and unrealized potential. - Anonymous employee FirstEnergy Employee Review

2.0
1 Feb 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They have a pension plan, which many companies no longer have. Many jobs there have a lot of stability built in....electricity is not going away any time soon

Cons

An almost utter disregard by the parent company to keeping the power grid functional in New Jersey. Low staff manning will mean a lot of overtime...some people may like this. A lot of frustration due to knowing you could treat your customers better, but not being allowed to do so due to lack of manpower, or budget restraints. Be prepared for all credit to roll uphill You will not be promoted due to your ability, only due to your toeing the company line...as crooked as it may be If you have strong ethics and morals, you may want to re-consider

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5.0
3 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

FirstEnergy is a big company with a lot of growth that I've seen firsthand. Employees are helpful and all have the shared goals of keeping reliability of the electric grid. The pay is decent and stays competitive with the market rates as they do reviews consistently and evaluate. Its a great company that is trying to do better after misguided leads hip in the past

Cons

Some executive leadership vision is not shared with lower level employees. The recent transition from WFH back to the office has left employees such as myself wondering why its not role based WFH.

1.0
16 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not much anymore - was once a solid company

Cons

Terribly managed since Tierney and his cronies took the helm

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