DTE Energy Employer Reviews

Time between meetings is filled with learning new concepts and systems, trouble shooting and solution finding.

As a former employee it was a very challenging environment. I read all the reviews and my experience was not a pleasant one. I found both management and some of the employees extremely cut throat. There was a lot of yelling and disrespect and you are viewed as weak if you take the high ground. Hence, why I resigned could no longer subject my emotional – more... well being to the abuse. – less

I enjoyed working at DTE. The management staff was very helpful. I learned a lot working for them. I also gained better knowledge about how the selection process of an applicant works.

I have been an employee at the company for 25 years and the culture hasn't changed. In fact there is nothing fun or exciting about working at the company. In fact, DTE should not be included on any list as being one of the best places to work. Management is horrible and when you report the offences to the ethics dept. nothing is resolved. The salary – more... is good. However, when becoming a part of the culture your realize you just sold your soul to the devil. Meaning if you are mean and rude and believe in getting a head by any means necessary you will love working here. But if you are a sweet, kind hearted soul you'll need medication or therapy by the time you retire, if not sooner . I am considering changing careers because no one should have to go to work having to be so assertive, since kindness is viewed as weakness there. When I see the young co-op students I feel really sorry for them. Take it from me if you are ever out on the street and run across a DTE employee if they seem really hostile and rude to you, believe you me they have been damaged by the environment. The Executives care nothing about improving the environment. The company gives a really good performance by doing things for the community every now and then. All they really care about is making sure the shareholders earn a profit. Since I've been with the company I've only known 2 employees that retired having pleasant things to say. The other 98% were happy to leave and wanted nothing to do with any of the hard hearted individuals that worked there. If I had to do it all over I wouldn't have allowed the money to influence my allowing myself to be subjected to such unprofessional and hostile conditions. So, for those of you that are young and getting out of college go work at a wonderful place to work you may not make as much money but you won't end up either hostile, bitter or medicated like sooooo many DTE Energy employees. – less

Typical industrial power plant operations serving multiple customers on the Ivorydale campus.

I dont remember much about this job, but I did like the people and the culture

Had a great two years dealing with intelligent, dedicated people. First sad case of contracting where they couldn't keep me despite the extended efforts of my super supervisor.

DTE energy is committed to providing a work environment that encourages overall employee wellness in both mind, body and soul.

As a member of the "Energize your Life" team, I had the opportunity to participate in presentations that focused on high energy health. This included educating employees on the best food choices to optimize their productivity – more... level throughout the day.

Part of my day-to-day responsibilities included developing visually-appealing and easy to read fact sheets on various health topics including cholesterol and gluten free diets. I also analyzed the employee cafeteria menus and created signage to clearly display nutritional information.

The best part of the job was the stress free atmosphere that promoted employee fitness through frequent activity. You were encouraged to get up and move around at least every 90 minutes and they even had a treadmill attached to a work computer! – less

opened warehouse
distrubuted schedules and customer packets to crews
replenished stock of products
did inventory counts
time & product management
co works were different but we produced excellent/efficent work
dealing with shipments that were late and still completing daily tasks
if things were on schedule it was an even pace and routine job

Typical day- depending on the weather, a day could be spent outside checking gas lines and reading business and residential gas meters or in the office filing or entering information into the computer system.
Hardest part of job- being outside on the hottest days of the summer in a cotton shirt/jeans/steel-toed boots and the were co-works that management – more... favored over others and gave them better and/or less involved tasks.
Most enjoyable part of job- my department manager treated everyone fairly, the office workers were nice, when the weather was nice I could eat lunch wherever I wanted. – less

A good place to learn how the proffesional envorment should be. The company dose a lot of things right but a few things wrong in therms of the workplace.

Great place to work. Wonderful co-workers. Helpful and friendly people.

walking and reading meters for eigth to ten hours a day a learned a lot about working around gas.cool co-workers the hardest part of the job was digging holes for gas leaks. the most enjoyable part is working out doors

A typical day at work consists of talking with Energy traders, Project Managers, Developers, and other BA's to determine user requirements and communicate those requirements to developers, in order to improve the business users productivity and work experience.
Managers and co-workers are available, fun and easy to work with.
I'm learning a ton about – more... the Power and Energy Trading business, and more about AGILE and the SCRUM approach to software development.
The hardest part of the job is the drive during winter weather. – less

High volume and energy,never typical work place! Every day you learn something new about people and places you contact! Our management was always there for us and kept us on tract. The best part was the new relationships I developed through the work place. The hardest part of the job was dealing with irrate customers. And the most enjoyable part of – more... the job was knowing that you could count on your team leaders for continual support . – less

The administrative work was very routine and did not provide opportunity for growth. I had a few interesting projects, but they did not lead to growth. Layoffs cut down the force significantly due to business division merges and I was laid off.

DTE Energy has an energetic workforce despite the stereotype of regulated, slow to change and aging industry. The genuine investment in continuous improvement as a way of life has taken hold. The haters tend to be those who have coasted and think the "flavor of the month" will go away. Well, it's been a solid 5 years of evidence to the contrary as we – more... have proven sustained activies that have solidified our business health. Success is breeding success. – less

Typical day: 50% project, team meetings from group settings to individuals meetings. 20% Updating management reports. 30% supporting projects to achieve successful implementation within targeted schedule.
Learnings: Listening to team and engaging work force.
Management: Supportive
Co-workers: Typically engaged workforce
Hardest Part of Job: Juggling – more... ever changing daily priorities
Most enjoyable part of day: Organizing initial part of day keeping teams focused. – less

Once upon a time, this company managed to provide useful services to the communities which comprise its customer base while actually valuing its employees. Today, it is overburdened by multiple layers of management whose members perpetuate their own agendas and career paths by appropriating the contributions and accomplishments of lower level employees – more... to buff up their own pedigrees. I had several managers and wannabe supervisors pilfer projects and ideas that resulted in millions of dollars in revenue while refusing to acknowledge the contributions of individuals. Engineers elect to pursue clerical work, finance people have job responsibilities that are not related to their backgrounds, and the marketing department in the gas division are staffed by people with no marketing expertise and are nothing more than glorified customer service reps. This skewed skill set / job positioning contributes to inefficiency and redundant work assignments; which in turn necessitates the subsidiaries' aggressive cost increases via annual rate hikes. Impossible to advance in the company using skill sets innovation or intellect; solely based on a archaic inbred corporate structure. Senior management's only means of showing company growth is to crawl to the Public Service Commission every year to self implement rate increases. Instead of rewarding ability, the company now elects to quantify key processes via one size fits all standard work instructions and process mappings to negate the need value employees appropriately. Engagement is frequently used by management as a catchphrase to stigmatize employees – less

Great opportunity for PTO.
During training you cannot miss not one hour, or one day or you will be terminated from employment. They have a series of 10 tests throughout the 6 weeks of training, if you fail 3 you are terminated from training. You must pass with a 90% or better.