Spark Energy Reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(94 total reviews)
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Nathan Kroeker

87% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Spark Energy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 94 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spark Energy 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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94 reviews
1.0
4 Mar 2015
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Pros

Conveniently located, geographically. Compensation is sufficient.

Cons

Extreme work load, consistent late nights for most members of the team, unparalleled disorganization and poor project planning (precipitating the former), continuous hiring, firing and exiting of employees, poor outlook comparing company performance to competitors.

1.0
3 Mar 2015
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Pros

Drive time, cafeteria and parking

Cons

Unprofessional IT / development management. Minimal development work, most time spent fixing incorrectly processed customer bill transactions. Dev expected to do off-hours on-call support with a company cell phone for 10-25 extra hours per week. Open bullpen office with minimal space.

3.0
13 Dec 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Very entrepreneurial owner. Work/Life balance is great and rarely anyone sticks around after 5:30-6p.

Cons

Very uncertain steps taken by the upper management every few months. No organizational communication leaves people hanging. The best of folks have already left/pushed out leaving the bare minimums working for paychecks and ready to leave at 5. Owner shows least care in the day to day as well as the future outlook of any of the organizations. The board members are close buddies that talk in owners tone. Senior management has changed at rate of once per year. Don't expect a salary raise so better negotiate everything before getting hired. Annual bonuses are not guaranteed even when the numbers hit and surely are never on time (sometimes paid in August for the prior year).

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