Relocaters Beware - Anonymous employee FirstEnergy Employee Review

2.0
9 May 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good work environment, decent pay. The group I worked in was great. For the most part, not too much trouble in day to day work.

Cons

Upper management not truthful about the state of the company. They relocate you, make you sign a contract to stay then lay you off before the contract ends. HR cannot be trusted. They will lie and tell you that they will pay to tie up your loose ends when you get laid off and renege at the last minute. I would not trust this company one bit. If you are very sick and have to go on medical, the company nurse will hound you and your doctor until you come back. It doesn't matter if you are getting paid or not. FMLA means nothing. Working storm can be a problem. You are expected to work 16 hours shifts with only 8 hours off. If you live further away, expect that to cut into your rest time. Also the company will send people off for public safety alone. Not a good thing because if something happens to you no one will know until you don't show up for work.

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5.0
3 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

FirstEnergy is a big company with a lot of growth that I've seen firsthand. Employees are helpful and all have the shared goals of keeping reliability of the electric grid. The pay is decent and stays competitive with the market rates as they do reviews consistently and evaluate. Its a great company that is trying to do better after misguided leads hip in the past

Cons

Some executive leadership vision is not shared with lower level employees. The recent transition from WFH back to the office has left employees such as myself wondering why its not role based WFH.

1.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not much anymore - was once a solid company

Cons

Terribly managed since Tierney and his cronies took the helm

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