electrician assistant

sales

foreman

SSE PLC

Co-workers only positive of this job. Day to day work in the call center or network admin is fine, until you figure out that there is not so subtle pressure for you to work extra hours/stay late with zero extra compensation. People regularly work 60-80 hours a week for barely over $50k. Management has no clue, and doesn't care to get one. They are only interested in their bonuses, and completely refuse to try to work out issues with their employees. If you make an unwitting mistake, you won't hear about it until review time, where they use it as an excuse to give you less of a raise/bonus. Either that or you simply get fired one day, with no warnings given and no indication of what you did wrong, just vague smearing of your work ethic and character. They also spy on their employees by reading their emails, examining PC logs, and watching their screens without permission, even when off the clock. Total paranoia.

Stay far away from this mess unless you're friends with the CEO.

My job is key to the team as I am responsible for chasing 'insurance' claims raised against members of the public.  This represents a significant amount of revenue to the department so is classed as a key role.

I also have responsibility for processing 'weekly' time sheets for the manual street lighting team.


Team Leader - responsible for phasing in LED street lighting with the Ealing and Islington Borough.  This involves ensuring deadlines are met on installation to avoid penalty clauses wherever possible.


The most enjoyable part of my job is dealing with members of the public - however my favourite job was my previous role in Market Research recruitment which enabled me to liaise with diverse members of the public and use elements of creativity that would not be possible while working for SSE... hence my desire to change roles into something more suited to my previous background.

Worked for this shower for 7 years and was promised promotion from a service only engineer to a technical engineer. Completely unrealistic targets ment I was never going to get there but it didn’t stop them dishing me out the breakdown work anyway, so I basically did the role of a technical engineer but never got paid the extra for doing so.
I found this a totally demoralising situation which gave me the drive i needed to get out and work for a smaller company who value my skills and treat me not as just a number but a person aswell.
Horrible over the top safety culture ment long boring meetings and nothing about actually fixing boilers.
I could go on all day about this company but judging by the rest of the reviews on here I think you probably get the picture.
So to sum up this review 
Just no

once upon a time this used to be an amazing place to work.  After multiple mass turnover periods the company is a shell of what it once was. The good managers are long gone to bigger and better places, the ceo is oblivious to the day to day operations and the feel for the employees.  The average seniority of the employees is probably 6 months. The manger of the network side would rather talk about his previous jobs and his horrible personal life rather than any attempt at leading the team.  
One good thing, due to the turn over, they are always hiring, so if you need a place to start in IT, this place will at least get you some experience.

Worst place to work at. Management is a disgrace people are hired to fasten call ques. Mental health also has a massive effect as staff don't really care about the wellbeing of colleges. Furthermore the processes ain't followed correctly, dismissal can be done at enytime as they bring the probation forward. I do not recommend working here as the whole group we had (14 members) where dissatisfied with the support from management and staff. 

When I started with SSE in 2012, it was almost like stepping back in time about 20 years.
Some of the systems and ways of working were similar to the way it was in the 1990's.
However this was not a bad thing necessarily as the systems still worked and had been tried and tested. There was a huge emphasis on health and safety which sometimes seemed to overwhelm the simplicity of the job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Progression is possible, welfare is looked after

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No stress uf you do as you are asked

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Great, just do your work and everything else takes care of its self

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy but fulfilling. Pleased when all goes well

Its an IT company venturing in other business areas that are not what the company was designed to do. They seek to Capitalize in aerospace training development and their lack of experience in this field makes it hard on the small team assigned to do the task.

Professional environment among prior Navy peers. Great working hours with flex time. Leave time accumulates rapidly. Paid holidays and provides a fair salary for previous experience.

Managers are great. However pay is not as good as living wage in London. Your expected to do alot considering the amount you get paid. Alot of stress not enough money. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Electrician assistant 1 salary reported	$15.00 per hour
Sales 2 salaries reported	$16.50 per hour
Foreman 1 salary reported	$32.50 per hour

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