Years at the company is more important than the ability to solve problems - Anonymous employee NW Natural Employee Review

2.0
12 Feb 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits, Time off, Work Life Balance

Cons

Tolerance of Mediocrity, Aversion to Change, Hazing

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5.0
22 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits and company culture

Cons

None so far at this time

2.0
2 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Overall company culture is a good one. Long-time employment is a staple of the organization when a company has been around as long as Oregon has been a state! It's not unusual for folks to be there 10, 20, 30+ years. Co-workers were great to work with, and there are some managers who are really terrific!

Cons

Sadly, there is a prevalent bad practice of promoting folks into management roles without really giving them any management training. The sole reason they're promoted is seemingly because of which Sr Manager/Director they're friendly with and/or how long they've been working for the company. Lots of favortism! There are people in those upper positions who have no business managing people. Then there is shock & surprise when long-tenured employees express burnout or make the difficult decision to leave the company.

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