California ISO Reviews

4.3

93% would recommend to a friend

(139 total reviews)

Elliot Mainzer

99% approve of CEO

97% positive business outlook

California ISO has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 139 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The California ISO employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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139 reviews
1.0
24 May 2018

Please run away for your own good ( looks can be deceiving)

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are some really great people to work with at the ISO. The building is very nice. The ISO has a generous retirement plan if you stay for long timers.

Cons

There are some toxic people at the ISO. ISO doesn't even have R and D arm ( interesting for company acting like they are cutting edge). The ISO abuse its Visa employees with high work load and lower salaries for none visa employees. Many who receives their green card while working at the heads ISO leaves within few months. The organization is extremely flat so the ambition and politics of the directors can burn down these business units while their directors are chasing glory. If you're in a diseased business units then there is a small chance of moving inside the ISO. I think other reviewer test for good and bad groups in ISO is very good "A good test to figure out if the group that you're applying to is in a bad shape is to ask these two questions: how many of my future team mates have less than two years of experience at ISO? How many of my teammates are on Visa? " There are some mangers that are really good on what they do in ISO but God some of them don't even know what the hell is going on. The ISO likes to advertise itself as a "competitive work environment" where pay is a measure of an employee contribution, but it is not. the pay raise is less than state and government pays. your pay raise is basically a joke.

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California ISO Response
7y
Again, thank you for the feedback. We certainly take all feedback seriously and we will evaluate with our management team.
1.0
19 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Newer building. Cafeteria is awesome.

Cons

Does not compensate based on performance.

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California ISO Response
7y
We appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback, and we will continue to assess and improve our compensation and performance evaluation programs.
1.0
25 Oct 2016

Senior Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

very well located company and Sacramento area is very affordable. Good benefits and Salary

Cons

too much organized chaos by management itself. director/ manager are worried about themselves and their recognition. They are not willing to hear their engineers opinion and treat like trash. Puppet skill is one of most required skill. I will never recommend this company

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California ISO Response
9y
I am sorry to hear that your experience at CA ISO was not positive. We will continue to carefully track attrition rates and gather information from departing employees. We are always striving to improve the work environment. Thank you for your comments.
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