ENGIE reviews

First and foremost, the health benefits are nearly useless. If you need usable heath coverage, this job does not provide it. A large number of local doctors will not accept the health plan that the company has chosen. There is no functional HR department. HR consists of a few local employees, who are predominately unreachable, and then a larger outsourced department that does not respond to requests. I had coworkers who were harassed at work, and ENGIE has no framework to address critical issues like those. HR requests are entirely ignored or swept under the rug. Tech support is a huge issue as well. My entire department was WFH, however IT consists mostly of outsourced contractors, and they do not have sufficient knowledge about internal systems to be able to address problems. As such, internal systems are down constantly, which is a nightmare when your performance is judged on production metrics. You will not be given the basic tools you need to accomplish your job here. The salaries are low, even by local standards. Raises are mostly non-existent and bonuses were very rare in my department. When we did receive bonuses, they were often insultingly low (occasionally as little as $50). The work culture is toxic, the managers are unsupportive, and in lower-level positions you will be expected to work overtime on a regular basis. I quit my job here because the company was committing wage theft. My department expected employees to complete time-consuming administrative tasks off the clock, even though I was only making minimum wage. You constantly have to fight for lost hours, incorrect paychecks, etc.

If you find yourself in a leadership position, expect to feel the extreme pressure from your manager to produce the amount of work well beyond what the company is willing to allocate resources for. Your employees will be ghastly underpaid and overworked. You will have no ability to truly award the productive team members who bring in a level of experience and product knowledge required for their role. The disciplinary tract although aggressive, is not effective in placing the right person within their strengths. I believe this to be in consequence to the manager's lack of training, poor personal time management, and unwillingness to invest in their employees. In addition, the lack of truly understanding the product, the inability to analyze data within a basic Excel spreadsheet, and refusal to understand the deliverables detailed in their client contracts is astounding to me. The same company who is harsh against the lowest tier employees whom they underpay and overwork should hold their management and leads to a higher standard. If a lead or manager is unable to understand their own product, the data behind the metrics, or the contract - They Need More Training Or They Need To Be Demoted. Stop hiring or promoting solely because of someone's personality. Most importantly, this company has generated a toxic environment that has elements of misogyny, paranoia, and favoritism. During my employment I witnessed vocal and dominant men receiving more promotion opportunities and praise over women who shared similar characteristics and performance. This is not an Engie exclusive issue, but as a large employer of the Spokane area they need to do better. Women deserve better. If the company cannot get this under control, they will lose powerful employees to other companies willing to pay appropriately.