Xcel Energy Employer Reviews

The hardest part of the job is the Eight weeks of Training leading up to be on the floor by yourself. The Team Leads and other associates care about you, and make you succeed.

The location is a good place to learn and grow. I have learned so much about commercial nuclear power plant operation and teaching. It's is a good place to work.

Everyone is above average, good quality people who work hard to do the right thing. They succeed in making a good place and a safe place for themselves and the community.

The management listens – more... and sets realistic goals. They are fair and allow for growth.

The hardest part of the job is the level of achievement. When everyone is above average, it's hard to stand out, except for not being above average. – less

Good job security, great benefits, low pay, poor work/life balance at times

Fast pace growing field. Can be a challenge, but, also rewarding at times.

Benefits have slowly been taken away or reduced. Customer service is constantly in flux as management team is shuffled on a regular basis. Daily workload is micromanaged and can change at any time due to help needed in other departments. You may be required to be on call in case of weather emergencies without any compensation. High employee turnover – more... in customer contact centers. – less

A typical day at work would be placing outbound calls to all customers scheduled for disconnection that week & began contacting them first. Attempt to collect a pmt or est. a repayment schedule. I learned of different organizations that will assist with lowincome families, I learned of certain guidelines & laws the power co. can't break pertaining to – more... utility services. Management was okay, I enjoyed my coworkers. The hardest part of the job was attempting to collect on a debt & the customer is non-cooperative & having to place an order to disconnect the services. the most enjoyable part was being able to compromise with the customer & come up with a way, where we receive some type of payment & they receive some type of arrangment to avoid disconnection. – less

Even though the name Xcel Energy has been around for over ten years there are still groups fighting to hold onto the practices of the former small utility companies that merged to form the larger Xcel Energy Family of Companies. As these last groups are reorganized out of existence the company still feels the pain of transition.

The higher up leaders – more... and the front line workers are amoung the very best of any you could ever hope to work for or with.

Sometimes valuable middle management resources are cut when so many management teams are under reorganization at the same time. – less

I would go to customers houses that owe a past due balance on their electric and gas accounts. I would try to collect money owed and if not, I would continue to turn off their power. Great job but a little stressful. I had to leave due to family emergencies.

most days we were giving the daily plan in the morning then everyone went to the job site communicated with each other to meet that days goal all co workers worked well with each other

Doing cashier, getting the customer to buy all products at the stands, making sure all counters are clean, neat and in order for the customers. Dressing clean and making sure to have all uniforms on. This is a daily/typical day at work. I really enjoyed working at this place. The hardest part of the job; the machine doesn't work well, meaning the cash – more... register, and the machine for ice/ice cream, cheese and other things as well. This will cause the customer to be mad and this is a money issue as well-the items doesn't sell well. – less

cooking and managed a cash register it was only for 12 days but fun.

A typical day involves reviewing any problems with generation systems, creating a root cause analysis, and determining a solution before submitting it to the supervisor in the morning meeting. Once approved, work and purchase orders are made. On occasion trips to other generation facilities within the company's ownership are necessary.

I learned an – more... incredible amount of information about how both natural gas and coal fueled power generation plants operate along with the rules and regulations that are required. – less

Now remember I can only verify what it was like at my location very different in culture from the rest of work force strong favoritism the ones they like get to go to breaks early and leave back from break late there are two fifteen minute breaks and for most both breaks turn into thirty to forty five minutes each and the half hour lunch break turns – more... into an hour to an hour and a half they go to the locker room at like thirty to forty minutes before time to go home and walking out the gate fifteen to twenty minutes before time employees that r there have been there since they have gotten out of high school and are very spoiled they will through a fit if the coffee is not there all day or if the tea is to strong they are clueless to the real work field and management turns there heads the other way for them to do what they want if you don't fit into there life stile they will get rid of you whether or not you do your job correctly . I have things in my life that most dont and can not go to normal company family functions and so i was singled out now remember i can not talk for the whole company just the power plant that i was at Harrington station
they are very unfair i was written up for going out the gate at 3:29 one time and 3:28 one time and 3:30 is quitting time all clocks in the place say a different time other employees change the clocks in the locker and break rooms to go in early or leave late foreman's just turn there heads now given i was in the wrong and deserved to be in trouble for leaving early there are a lot of people should be to but like i said if they don't like you your out they pulled my gate times but not the others there were a few like me that they pulled but they to did not fit in they are racial and discriminative they fired a black man that they had been trying to get rid of for a long time and they just kept him as long as they did for the look that they don't discriminate he was the only black man there they say corporate does the investigations but i think they just say that and turned there head cause i saw anytime someone from corporate was around they acted totally different you can tell an obviousness differences – less

Fantastic job, great people, great company to work for, pays very well for what the job entails

Great place to work many friendly people with great benefits.

i was only a temp hired on for a summer on a paint crew. it was fun work walking around the city painting meters. something different every day fun place to work

Wonderful place to work located in roseville, mn. close to shopping center and great services

Very qualified and knowledgeable folks in metering and billing. Very dedicated staff and nice people.

Typical re-organization jitters -- but a good working environment in Minneapolis.

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Great place to work. I liked the assignments I worked on and the people I worked with.