Nice people, stable company, change-averse - Business Analyst NW Natural Employee Review

3.0
9 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Excellent work/life balance. Great benefits and good compensation. Friendly staff and relatively low turnover. The company is very involved with the community and donates time and money to worthy causes.

Cons

Outdated technology, inefficient processes, and lack of innovation. Staff strive for consensus, rather than empowering someone to make a decision and set direction; this leads to an overabundance of unnecessary meetings. For office workers, limited training opportunities are available.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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