The saying who you know and not what you know goes a long way. Seeing high level of incompetence of operating shift managers has put a damper in my confidence of how the nuclear stations are ran. Continual back scratching and political advancement while borderline integrity issues are all signs of an incompetent upper management.
As a large corporation compensation can be lucrative as long as you know and chum at the right individuals.
Benefits are comfortable and competitive compared to other companies.
They use diversity and veteran status only to check mark their box. They do not consider the years in service as they calculate your work experience for the pay compensation and promotions.
Diversity is generally kept at the lower ranks of the office as the higher in management you go the lighter the hue and similar the backgrounds. Most opportunities for the younger starting career professionals are provided to the resemblance of the upper management.
Bully tactics and "chilling" effects for continuous pressure for the desired answer regardless of technical rigor and recommendations are for the people to blame for not challenging upper-management enough and cast blame on engineering. (because the upper management will change jobs and the error will not target them in the future)
Engineering is not valued as it isn't a direct operations and maintenance aspect of generating money. Because engineering error is latent and will be caught at a much later date,
Prosjob security, compensation as changes in the market and company revenue won't change job positions drastically.
Conslarge corporation politics, degrading competence level, promotions and opportunities provided for the political savvy, Engineering not valued, Veteran experience not valued.
4.0
Occupational Health Nurse | Baltimore, MD | Sep 25, 2013
Excellent Company
My Schedule: Monday-Friday: 7am-330pm plus every 3rd month on call 24 / 7 days a week.
Typical day – I open up the medical center ( I alternate between two different locations, one in Baltimore City and on in Baltimore County [bimonthly and PRN]), perform physicals, manage care for occupational health illness and injuries, Case Manage short term disability cases including out of state absences that start from 5 days up to 6 months. Physically work in the medical center as well as telephonic/ managing phone lines, communication with various other supervisors and mangers r/t employees, sending and responding to multiple emails. Communicating with various Primary Care MD's of individual employees with current medical issues, obtaining medical updates to assistant in case management decisions. Also, Starting Denial procedures for current STD benefit cases that has not met criteria. Conference calls with various divisions primarily Legal, Human Resources, Mangers /Supervisors r/t individual employee issues- varying from hiring process, medical surveillances, medical accommodations, ADA, termination, etc.
Traveling to various locations, when required, including out of state if needed for meetings or other training/teaching.
My coworkers are within other offices and outside of the State (Chicago) and in Maryland. I have an Awesome team.
I hardest part of the job is in trying to answer that question because I don't think it's hard. It can be challenging at ti
ProsGreat benefits and Incentive Bonuses
ConsRare oppurtinuity for a break. Usually alone in the medical center (80%)
Exelon overall is a good company to work for. There is plenty of opportunities for advancement and/or rotating, pay is pretty fair, and management is competent and inclusive. Sometimes some of their efforts do look a little like they are “for show” only though. For instance their work in DEI. They say they care about inclusion but almost all the executives are white. Also depending on your department you will be expected to work a lot. For me this is within the finance department. They call it “world class” but I personally think this is just a ploy for them to get us to work more, squeeze us of all our labor, and convince us that we are part of something that is so much better because everyone works super hard. Really the truth is they just need more staff within the department to spread the work out more evenly so that our “world class organization” don’t need to work so much. I am a low level employee but I have seen our managers and even senior employees work late nights and sometimes all day. They encourage everyone to use their vacation every year which is good, but I know some employees in the department who lose their vacation every year (thankfully I am not one of them). Coworkers are also good. Also for junior employees or people straight out of college, Exelon is one of the highest paying jobs you can find out there so it is great in that aspect. Benefits are also very generous include paid vacation 3+weeks per year, HSA, insurance, Employee assistance Programs whi
ProsPay is good, great benefits, employees, work environment, culture is decent
I left a very stable federal contract contract position, renewed 3 times to advance my career as an Application Architect Excelon but never performed that duty. I was just another Sr. Programmer developing mostly APIs
My Experience:
We created a particular RESTapi to wrap the current WCF code as a first step for moving the platform into the future. We was told this was to be the standard henceforth. I was assigned a project that was perfect for it. I used it and had the project ready for review in 2 weeks. Come review time, the team lead whose brain child the RESTapi was, told me I should not have done that. He then forced me to rewrite it. The code was functioning perfectly, no issues and adhered to all company standards.
After another 2 days, that code was also wrong because it provided too much information to the 3rd party community so I adjusted the data to be revealed via interface and was told that was wrong.
So, the team lead, decided to show me how it was done and said he could do it in two hours. Three hours later it was still not done and I was told to finish what he started... that was late on a Friday afternoon. The project ended up taking another month.
A month after that when my contract was up, it was not extended as expected. The team lead, also a contractor was hired as a permanent team lead for Exelon, and I was given another two weeks to finish up and document my projects. I was unemployed for another 6 weeks.
Prosstrict development environment, using latest technologies and processes
ConsVery poor leadership. Misleading hiring practices. very political, highly clique environment. If you don't fit in with a clique you won't be there long
• Providing Tier 1 & 2 and System Administration support for end users both employees and contractors who have access to Constellation\Exelon network and applications.
Submit service tickets to proper support group for specific application issues for issues that cannot be resolved within the help desk.
• Troubleshoot and resolve trouble tickets related to technical difficulties with hardware, software, and the network on multiple, widely diversified computer platforms using HP Service Manager for Ticket tracking and status updates for customers
- RSA token deployment and troubleshooting for remote users, with both physical and smart phone token devices, walk client through set up's and install of new RSA tokens.
- Citrix server application use and troubleshooting
- Assist building the Knowledge Base for team use in preparation of new work for the account.
- Assist new hires with answering questions on application and troubleshooting processing when new on the phones and continue to mentor when Leads are unavailable for assistance.
- Installs, removes and upgrades software packages to include office automation, and special purpose software, profile rebuilds, local PC, Outlook and Citrix.
- Verify account access in Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange Management Console, RSA Console, Citrix Farm, Access Requests Systems, and Blackberry Enterprise Server
Once was a great place to work before being bought by Exelon
Exelon bought out our company supposedly with the intention of growing their Midwest business. But instead within 2 years our lease was up at our office location and they decided against renewing and decided to completely close the Indianapolis all together.
Then to add salt to the wound I had to train not 1 but 2 employees to take over my job functions for my final 6 months until the closure date. Had no choice to do it or I wouldn't receive my severance package.
Exelon had no idea what our company did exactly or how good at it we were, we had a great team of employees that had all worked together for many years and had survived to buy outs. My immediate manager and co-workers in the Indianapolis office were great, like family honestly. Exelon management was fake and clueless to our job functions, it was just all about the money to them.
I personally had a very hard time with the transition of my job duties and the closure because I truly cared about my customers and making sure I provided nothing but the best quality of work and customer service to them, the trainees had a difficult time catching on and understanding the job functions. Even though I wrote up very specific instructions and procedures for every system and process I performed, it was very frustrating but unfortunately out of my hands and luckily my customers understood.
My day starts at 7am-4pm. The first thing I do is check our queue to see if there are any emergent issues that need help right away. I then proceed to the call center floors to see if there are any shoulder taps that need addressed. I then come back to check my queue and what laptops/desktops I have at my desk to work on. I periodically check email to see if anyone needs help. I am signed into Skype at all times to answer IMs as they come in.
I have learned to work with all levels of clients here at Exelon. I work with 4 other teams across the Eastern U.S. We have monthly meetings to make sure we are all on the same page. I have learned about safety, volunteering and being diverse. Our workplace here is open, all of the teams seem to work together in one way or another. I provide support in a building of 1500. The hardest part of the job is being apart from support teams that I cannot walk up too. They are located in a sister company in another state. Getting help with issues that may arise can be difficult. The most enjoyable part is fixing issues and knowing the clients can work again and get their job done without any hassles. I was told long ago, a productive worker is a happy worker. I believe that to be true in what I do as well.
ProsClose to home, learning on the job, free lunches, being "the" IT guy
ConsManagers decisions, contractors time frames, lazy coworkers
Hardest part:
Learning the procedures and process of the department. Then watching the department go from 43 people to 8 people at the end.
Most enjoyable part:
The people they made it easier to learn & the amount of work that kept you busy all day.
Management & Co-workers:
Both management and co-workers were there to help if you need them.
Come in and open & sort incoming mail then distribute to the group.
Two different type of invoice - some (with paper sent from different parts of the company that had to be filed immediately) labor work so when invoice came in all could be verified & others were verified through the system for materials ordered & received. Eventually new program "Passport 8.0" was implemented which let you verify all invoice whether labor and/or material. Some major clients that contact us regarding multiple payments we create spread sheet with all the invoices number, amounts paid & dates paid.
Sometimes you help run the check disbursement machine and once the checks are disbursed your verify the checks for dates, signature and quick glance at the rest of check if ok then fold and stuff envelope for mailing. Update spreadsheet with check run totals.
ProsBig company long term employment & better chance for advancement.
Opportunities for training and advancements
Very diverse copany
Exelon has a strong tradition of community involvement – of committing our energy for the community. Volunteerism allows us to put a personal face on our corporate citizenship initiatives. We work to strengthen and enrich our communities not only with contributions of time and money, but also by increasing opportunities for youth through education and science. To ensure the security of our customers and our communities, we maintain both vigilance in emergency response preparation and public safety outreach.
The best group of electric generation and electric and gas delivery companies in the United States – providing superior value for the customers, employees, investors and the communities we serve. The Exelon family of companies requires a workforce that is bold and committed to our core values: safety, integrity, diversity, respect, corporate citizenship, accountability and continuous improvement. We foster a culture that focuses on performance, promotes thought leadership, encourages innovation and acknowledges the power of ideas that are generated by a diverse work force.
30 Years ago when Calvert Cliffs was BG&E, the company was an excitting place to work. Management treated employees with respect and as friends. Constellation purchased Calvert Cliffs in the late 90's and nothing really changed. Going to work was a pleasure. Ceng purchased Calvert Cliffs and 300 people were laid off, afer the drama and fear of not having a job, everyday went back to normal just with less employees. Exelon purchased in 2015, that is when the real change came into play. People lost jobs without any packages offered, many policies were changed without the company putting any real thought on the changes, managment started treating employees like they were just numbers, it became like the Hungar Games, everyone out for themselves. Although learning and growth were preached, it was only for certain chosen ones. The environment is very toxic. People work by fear. The pay is excellent, but, the ulcers you recieve from giving 100% and not being apreciated is not worth working your lifetime. The hardest part of the job is just dealing with the politics and the enjoyable part is working with many charities and meeting some awesome co-workers along the way.
ProsPay
ConsManagement
Questions And Answers about Exelon
As part of my application process, what standard tests must I pass?
Asked Jun 27, 2016
Various training programs are required to be passed as a condition of employment that reflect ones understanding of the Nuclear environment and work practices that keep one another safe, but effective in doing their job.
Answered Feb 2, 2018
Mandatory drug screening
Answered Sep 20, 2017
How would you describe the pace of work at Exelon?
Asked Feb 25, 2017
The work at Exelon is moderate.
Answered May 29, 2019
Constellation is only concerned about the forecasts and budgets.
Employee cuts are the first choice to control spending.
They talk the talk when if comes to diversity and inclusion but overall morale is low.
Answered Dec 6, 2018
How are the working hours at Exelon?
Asked Aug 7, 2017
Flexible depending upon your title and your union seniority.
Answered Jul 24, 2019
55+ hours a week is required to survive in Constellation IT.
Additional weekend work is expected.
Answered Dec 6, 2018
How long is the hiring process after the interview?
Asked Nov 2, 2018
It takes about 2 weeks to get an offer at Exelon
Answered Feb 14, 2020
3 months. Usually forgets about you and you have to contact them.
Answered Feb 25, 2019
What is the minimum age you need to be to work at Exelon ?
Asked Aug 16, 2018
18 years of age. A college degree is preferred but not required.
