Welcome to the OTI (ETAP) Penitentiary!!! - Power Engineer ETAP Employee Review

1.0
6 Aug 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

As an OTI employee, you will learn a lot about power engineering and how to model systems and do analysis. However, be careful no to take simulation as gospel as the theory will never replace the practical aspect of things when looking for another job. Try to get project experience otherwise your chances to find another job after OTI are slim and the CEO knows that.

Cons

Family-owned business profiting only the family members, CEO is a micromanager/control freak. It has to be his way or the highway. Therefore, all decisions have to go through him even at the Sr. VP level. You have to see it to believe it for yourself. Time cards have to be filled hour by hour and there is no trust in the employee even after many years of loyal employment. Traveling is really bad as they book cheap flights and cheap seats and don't compensate employees for working on Saturdays and/or Sundays. Over-time is never compensated and their bonuses are good for nothing. Compensation is really bad too with respect to the market.

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ETAP Response
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When you’re the market leader, you’ll often find arrows coming at you from behind. We see that as a sign of desperation on the part of those who know that they can’t compete with ETAP so they resort to personal attacks against our core and valued employees. ETAP employees are the best and brightest in the industry, so we’re not concerned about these types of cheap smear tactics by those who try to disparage our brand and our ETAP Family.

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