Origin Energy Reviews

Pros

Good career progression, great environment and pay

Cons

Call centre, bit mentally draining

Pros

Great place to work, loving Origin Energy

Cons

Not many cons to mention at present

Pros

It is flexible and well paid.

Cons

Instability, lack of accountability, overly complicated systems/approvals/processes for a company that is nationally based and not that big.

Advice to Management

Get the basics right and worry about all the bells and whistles once you have that down pat. Bring in people at senior leadership levels that have breadth and depth of experience across industries and proven success in their roles not just those that manage up well. Stop overpaying senior people who are not performing and then don't leave because they won't get their Origin salaries anywhere else.

Pros

good work environment and culture

Cons

processes and systems are poorly setup, collaboration across teams is also poor, lack of strong leadership and clear direction

Pros

Good pay Good bennifits Good people Safe

Cons

None. Best job I have had

Advice to Management

Great culture

Pros

Supportive management Plenty of career progression oppurtunities

Cons

Lack of networking events on a regular basis

Pros

Nice people in my department

Cons

Pay wasn't as good as I'd hoped

Pros

Working with great people on my floor. Before changes were made within my department, the atmosphere and company culture were great. Now it's just boring and you never interact with other people than the ones you sit next to. Pay is great compared to jobs in similar roles. The KPI's have changed and there's some months you probably won't hit it all but if you're lucky you can. Only reason I was here for more than a year...

Cons

Poor management. Managers are hardly available for support and are never there when you actually need them. Whenever a customer wants to speak to a team leader, 9 times out of 10 there will be no one and you have to request a call back (which also never gets actioned until at least a week later). They also frequently get people to step up and look after teams temporarily, the people are ok but they arent equipped at...

Advice to Management

Think about australia's future and stop putting roles off shore. We should be upskilling our workers first and providing them with opportunities for growth. The higher or more specific roles (that arent the generic sales and service) are going off-shore and current employees aren't able to grow professionally due to this. Management really needs to put young working australians first and not just think about how to save...