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Philadelphia Gas Works

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Weird place. It will eat up your life. - IT Person Philadelphia Gas Works Employee Review

1.0
Dec 18, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

- The Company is great for young graduates. - Excellent continuing education program. - Pension, after 5 years you get vested. - Allows you to make mistakes and learn on the job. - Allows numerous moves within the company to unrelated positions. - Great heating and air conditioning. - People are generally happy. A lot of laughter.

Cons

- On surface very friendly, go deeper and its all who you know. People are related: husbands/ wives/ children, girlfriends & boyfriends or they have known each other for 30 years. Be careful who you talk with. - Management is weak and bends backwards to the whims of City of Philadelphia. - Serious union issues. No pay raises for management employees for 2 years and union got them. - Unequal distribution of work, responsibility and pay. - Promotions and Salaries based upon seniority. - Intense Micromanagement - Clock in / out. No trust. - Very much a "male" company. - Buildings are falling apart. Grime. Toilets flood. Infestation. - Very low salaries. (IT is 30% lower than norm.)

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5.0
Jan 18, 2026
Anonymous intern
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance, decent pay.

Cons

Pay could be a little better.

4.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Easy work guaranteed 40 hours a week great benefits no lay offs pension 457 or 401k paid sick days holidays and vacation days

Cons

You get penalized for using sick days to easy to lose progressions in the summer time the higher up have less work so they micromanage everything you do new rules are constantly being added it’s not a real union the union works for Pgw so it’s a conflict of interest when it comes time for them to defend you the company always puts the blame on you if they can never find a conclusive answer to a problem

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