Pros
Job security is good. The work in certain groups is very interesting and engaging but not in all groups. There are pockets of absolutely excellent supervisors/coworkers which make for a great career experience if you happen to be in those groups. The company consistently broadcasts good values and DEI.
Cons
Recently it feels like executive management has stopped caring about the employees at all and the shareholders are obviously king. It has not always felt like this but it’s not fun right now. No base pay raises this year despite inflation (read: we all got massive effective paycuts) and virtually no hiring (though they love to market that “some hiring is approved!” HA) even though many groups are cripplingly understaffed as it is and the engineering workload on the electric side is projected to substantially increase because we can only afford to work 100% capital projects right now. More work without more people or pay, more more more more more until you’re burnt to a crisp. You gotta watch out for your own burnout here. Work life balance is impossible (see: understaffed) so you better love what you do otherwise there’s literally no reason to stick around especially because other utilities in the area will pay better with better benefits and better work life balance.