Consumers Energy Reviews

I was hired in during the pandemic. Right after that the previous CEO had told everyone that they could work remotely permanently and even out of state if they wanted. She parted ways with the company shortly after and the new CEO has a very old school mentality about everything. The push to go back to office started as a nudge and when that didn't work it became a mandate when we hit financial difficulties after the 2023 ice storm. There's a huge push to reduce costs and a big part of that is "lowering headcount through natural attrition." It just happens that part of that "natural attrition" was forcing people back to offices, some even offices they never reported to before or were not located near, and telling everyone if they didn't like it they could quit. Leadership wants us to do more with less but aren't putting us in a position to improve processes and build automation before the headcount starts lowering. The whole shift has turned the culture upside down and very few people seem happy. Everyone is stressed and fearing for their job.

This WAS a great place to work. I was once proud to wear the CE colors. After Garrick took over as CEO, the culture quickly began to decline. The company hired a company- Mykensie Group which is known for “down sizing” companies to make them a “Leaner more profitable” company. Garrick told everyone on a leader live in January that they’d be getting rid of people by pretty much any means necessary. I know of people that were terminated while on medical leave! The company threatened people- find a way to make it work and do your job (or the job of 3 or 4 people) without working overtime- or find the door. I know of someone, who went to people and culture (their joke at Human Resources) about safety issues, and told people and culture they feared they’d lose their job if they brought forth a complaint of hostile work environment and unsafe conditions- this person was terminated about two months later, AFTER receiving a great end of year evaluation. I also know, they are telling team leaders to lie, and not give their team great reviews so they can easily put them on a performance plan- and thus get rid of them. This company is a three ring circus, and that is putting it mildly. They’ve had historically low engagement scores for the past two years, but yet- their mentality is get rid of more people- do more with less! People sacrificed their family life for the company. My only hope is that someone exposes the sheer dictator type leadership this company has resulted in- and that innocent people that lost their jobs get some sort of reprieve.