Kiwi Power Reviews

3.2

56% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)

43% positive business outlook

Kiwi Power has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kiwi Power employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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23 reviews
1.0
23 Dec 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Company has a decent after work social culture Innovative technology Errmmm... very hard to fill the 20 word minimum requirement for this box No, can't think of anything else

Cons

Catastrophically poisonous atmosphere, except favouritism for a 'privileged few' Cramped, uncomfortable office - too many staff for office facilities (and despite this being recognised as a contravention of the H&S act, nothing ever gets done about it) Unnecessarily cost-controlled operational management to the complete detriment of being able to do the job you're hired to do - management then wonder why staff can't do their job, and put it down to incompetence not their lack of investment in their people Undervalued, overworked staff - completely ignored by arrogant management Micro-management style - complete lack of employee empowerment Complete lack of management integrity/accountability Teflon management style - if you're not in a management position, expected to be blamed for everything & anything that goes wrong regardless of your involvement Huge staff turnover (no surprise - well over half the company in 12 months Minimal employee investment - lip-service promises frequently raised Insulting below market benchmark salaries (except if you're one of the privileged few) Abysmal staff treatment

2.0
14 May 2020

Office politics

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Team is friendly and welcoming Several socials throughout the year Office is in a central location

Cons

Easily the most political company I’ve worked for (favourites, nepotism, etc) Shady business model Management have very little regard for the lower-level employees

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Kiwi Power Response
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Firstly, thank you for taking your time to leave feedback about your time with us at Kiwi Power. Secondly, we are sorry about the experience you had with us that has led to this feedback. We agree that leadership and practice at Kiwi was not always appropriate in the past. If you have been with us since the reorganisation late 2019 (we are unable to establish who you are - we've not had any Analysts leave in the last 6 months), you hopefully do know that our strategy, operating model and values that were introduced and set when our new CEO joined us in the latter part of 2019 are now firmly in place. Eradicating nepotism and giving autonomy and a voice to all team members has been a particular focus for our new CEO and new leadership team - Kiwi Power is now a very different environment. We have taken significant steps to increase diversity across the company and the leadership team and made changes to the organisational model which has enabled us to open the floor to everyone in the company, to welcome feedback and provide a space for everyone to make an impact and contribute to our success and help shape our future. We actively encourage our team to speak up and come forward with any concerns or suggestions - but unfortunately if people are not transparent with us and instead choose to leave and post negative reviews we cannot address their concerns properly or learn and improve from their feedback until it is too late. We hope that by continuously reminding ourselves of our values and living them we have put a stop to the concerns you had when working for us and we would encourage any current member of our team reading this to speak to us first if you have any concerns about culture, practice, strategy or leadership.
1.0
5 Mar 2021

Rotten Fruit

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are nice and experienced. I learned a lot about what to avoid in the future.

Cons

Everything negative you read in other reviews is true. Terrible management and company structure. Management thinks employees think they know better. We just want to help solve things. Also yes men...

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