Women's Job Satisfaction (5=very satisfied)
January 1970
Opower is trying very hard to be a great place for women. But, they falter due to a strong "Dude-Bro" culture.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion, Hiring, Evaluation and Reviews
-
Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Culture, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
-
Recommend to Women?
Maybe. It depends on which team you work.
Software Engineer
Engineering
January 1970
The people are great and the mission was worth it, but the employees did not feel valued by the company. Communication was poor and oftentimes responses to complaints were answered unsatisfactorily with "just suck it up" or "there are worse things."
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion, Evaluation and Reviews
-
Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve my compensation
-
Recommend to Women?
No
Product Manager
January 1970
Make sure your manager is doing as much as he (and it's almost certainly a "he") can for you. Push him, if you need to.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
-
Recent Bonus
Not eligible for bonus
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion, Hiring, Evaluation and Reviews
-
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
-
Recommend to Women?
Maybe. Don't know how the new Oracle regime will do.
January 1970
Opower has been great to me. We recently sold to Oracle, not sure what will change or if I will even have a job anymore.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
-
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve my compensation
-
Recommend to Women?
Maybe. Merger with Oracle happening, not sure what's to come.
January 1970
No women at the top. Some diversity efforts in play, but no awesome results yet.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
-
Recent Bonus
$10k-$20k
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Promotion, Evaluation and Reviews
-
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
-
Recommend to Women?
Maybe. Not enough women in positions of influence
January 1970
Great place to work - recommen. Too bad it just got bought.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
-
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Not much; it's a great place to work
-
Recommend to Women?
Yes
January 1970
It was a great place to work, although the Executive team can and should do more to make sure women are promoted into leadership positions. That said, who knows how the company will be in 6 months after the acquisition goes through.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Promotion, Hiring
-
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
We recently succeeded in increasing parental leave to 16 weeks paid for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers. However, with the acquisition, it's unclear if Oracle will honor this policy.
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Very uncertain time given the acquisition
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Recommend to Women?
Maybe. Opower was recently acquired by Oracle, so it's unclear how, if at all, the corporate culture will shift. According to Oracle's website, only 29% of their employees are women.
January 1970
Opower is a high intensity company with a vibrant, young vibe. Due to the long hours and stress levels, though, it does seem that there is a higher than normal level of burnout (vs what I've seen at the other software companies I've worked for). I think the company IS STARTING TO go out of its way to make up for past issues with diversity but they have a lot of ground to make up so it will take some time. Pay is less than what I would expect given work load but I'm not sure if that discrepancy leans more toward one gender or not (I have no insight into pay).
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
-
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Culture, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve work-life balance and policies (e.g. flex-time, limit facetime)
-
Recommend to Women?
Yes
Client Success
January 1970
It is a great place to work if you have kids. As a women (with or without kids), there are defintely some improvements that could be made. For example, leadership is mostly (white) males.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
-
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
-
Recommend to Women?
Yes
January 1970
Come work here, but be ready to fight for yourself, especially in a technical role.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion, Hiring, Evaluation and Reviews
-
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
-
Recommend to Women?
Maybe. I like my job, I like the work that I do, and I like my coworkers. But I'd be lying if I said there weren't things I see here that bother me a lot. A team that hasn't hired a woman in years, women who are promoted later than their male colleagues, a woman who makes less than a man at a lower level in the same job, or reviews that use words like "abrasive" or "overly confident" to describe women.
