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Overall I think Clearway is a wonderful company. The majority of people are pleasant even on the worst days, great benefits and many programs to involve yourself in if that's what you desire. The pay is decently competitive, especially considering the benefits that are offered. 

There are many growth opportunities within the company but they come at the cost of your work-life balance. The environment is very fast paced with things constantly coming at you so the only way to grow is to sacrifice time to drive towards your goals. The company is rather large but it is ran like a start up. Departments don't coordinate like they should, many only communicate via their respective managers and have very little interpersonal communications which has created a slightly reactive environment when issues occur that involve multiple departments. People are quick to point fingers and blame instead of focusing on issue resolution. There is also very poor implementation of new tools. There are multiple tools that are either non-functioning or hardly-functioning long after they were supposed to be implemented and it seems no one cares to fix them as they're already onto the next project and have no time to go back and do QC. 

While Clearway as a whole is a positive environment, there are pockets of severe toxicity and if you are unfortunate enough to find yourself in one of those pockets, it is best to begin looking for gainful employment elsewhere. Nothing will be done about it, up to the point that the people reporting the issues will be targeted, and worked out of their positions by Management. 

I recently left the position due to the toxic work environment and lack of leadership support. The culture within the control room is extremely poor — over the past 3 months, we've lost 5 out of 12 operators and 1 of 2 supervisors. Morale is at an all-time low.

THERE IS NO TRAINING AT ALL. New hires are often thrown into operations without any real guidance, which has only worsened as more team members resign. The department is severely understaffed and overworked, and compensation does not reflect the workload

Unfortunately, the leadership style is highly toxic — feedback is not welcome, conversations often turn one-sided, and differing opinions are met with hostility. Several complaints have been escalated to HR, yet no meaningful change has occurred. Management is awful and does not respect anyone.

Efforts to grow professionally are discouraged. We weren’t allowed to connect with other departments or take part in development opportunities — even off-shift. HR has received multiple complaints, but unfortunately nothing has changed, due to favoritism and internal politics.

The control room operates in isolation from the rest of the company, and it shows. While other teams at Clearway seem to have a positive and collaborative culture, this department is the exact opposite.

Only take a job in the control room if you want to be OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID, and NOT RESPECTED.

They refer to the excuse of growing pains, however the company was a divesture of NRG. Not a brand new, everyone is a new hire/never worked together before, new buildings/assets type of a “new” company.  Policies and procedures existed, yet they act like it’s all being created from scratch, hence the excuse for the chaos and lack of structure. 

Training is a non existent, little to no documents for any programs related to job functions. SAP, Concur, Zoom, etc...better know it and if not, expect to sink or swim or hope that someone in your department has been there long enough to train you.

Turnover is very high. Even the veteran people with 15+ years from NRG, along with executives leave. Others get exit packages. 

You will need an open mind and very flexible personality to survive and not burn out. Ability to adapt to the saying drinking from a fire hose so to say. 

Standard 2% yr increase for standard of living each year. Bonus is based on your managers review of your job performance. Salary is not very competitive for the market, jobs stay open a long time.

At the Clearway Energy Pittsburgh plants, there are good jobs with job security and growth.  Sadly though, they're plagued overall by many major issues.  

The biggest glaring issue is that management doesn't seem to care or know what they are doing, along with having no formal management skills or education.  Many workers are being forced to work tons of overtime due to the high turnover rate and the fact that hiring and training new employees seems to be an impossible task for management.  

Growth is usually a good problem to have, but not when there are already skeleton crews running the facilities and being overworked.  The wages offered are also lower than what most facilities (with less responsibility) in the area offer.  The compensation has a lot to do with the loss of workers and the inability to attract top talent.  

The morale has never been worse and several of the best workers have left recently.  It's a good place to get experience and possibly move on to somewhere well managed with better compensation.

-Show up, plan out the day, get in the field, fix the issues and maintain production, paperwork go home. 
-I learned schematic reading, electrical/hydraulic/mechanical troubleshooting, safety practices of industrial power generation.
-Management not sure about other sites, my manager is about as kush as one could be. Cares about the techs understanding when life hits outside of work. Great manager.
-Hardest part of the job, troubleshooting hub/hydraulic faults.
-Most enjoyable part of the job, as much OT as you can ask for, great people, ability to further skills in troubleshooting. 

The management and fellow employees are pleasant to work with,  and they all are on the same page, and enable success here.

I have a large amount of projects and budget approvals in the works this year.  They are all very rewarding. They will also help contribute to the growth of the company.

That's important in a role as a Plant Engineer/Project Manager

This company is notorious for hiring contract at this location and keeping people on shady indefinite contracts. Want to attract and keep employees interested in what they do? Pay benefits and hire directly. 

Strong divide between management and employees. One department in particular known for manager that will yell at her employees. Subordinates not in management positions that aren’t willing to kiss up are treated notably different than management.

Regardless good opportunity to learn new skills and assist in much needed org infrastructure creation. Approach with caution.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people and the cause of helping the elderly makes you feel better about yourself at the end of the shift you can see the purpose 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything else, there is no appreciation or raises. No real opportunities for growth and minimal training. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The company culture has been tainted by the upper management causing good workers to leave. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Demanding and fast paced work environment.

I would stay clear. Only pro is pay and benefits, but everything else I would rate as one. There are challenges then there is Clearway. No resources. It may get better once the transition from NRG systems are complete, but right now turnover is becoming an issue. New employee are expected to be up and running in a month and they are not given time to train just throw in the deep end. So expectations are unrealized and the tools you are given to complete your job are limited.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The staff was very helpful. They assisted with my learning to make the job easier.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Deadlines. At times during year, it was stressful to meet the deadlines.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
People are open to assisting others. The culture was casual but business-like.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meetings, working solo on data. Reporting to my supervisor.

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