Eversource Energy CEO and leadership

It's a company that's actually walking its talk in terms of climate/environment, DEI, and community involvement. They're also very supportive of their employees in ways I haven't seen anywhere else.

It's a MASSIVE company so the offices have a bit of 'cubical farm' vibe to them, it's impossible to know even a fraction of your co-workers so it's hard to feel connected to the larger whole at times, and change can be slow to occur because of the momentum involved.

The flexible hours culture (explicitly not a benefit, nor a privilege, 'it's just what we do') allows for a 'just right' fit to schedule no matter what I've got going on at home. They focus is on employees being as productive as possible, in whatever form that takes. Particularly given that I have ADHD this is a key support I basically need to work anything close to my best.

Especially for such a massive company, leadership's presence is readily visible. There's regular communication about priorities, upcoming projects, and where the company is going. It's a huge company so there's only so much they can do - but they do that much, at least.

I'm still very new, here, but there's probably room to improve siting decisions. There's an office much closer to where I live than where my desk sits, but it's not a realistic option for me to base out of there despite them having space. I'm probably just not yet knowing who to talk to. The other bit would be making some of the sources for help and guidance a bit more navigable to newcomers. It's workable, but could be better.

I prepared by looking at the company, studying the job posting itself, and thinking specifically about how I wanted to use my strengths in that space. My position is highly specialized/expert so my experience is not necessarily generalizable to others.

I'm coming from the public/non-profit sector and out of a PhD program so it feels absolutely lavish to me. I'm not sure how it compares to the industry average, but it's more than enough to me.

Eversource is still pretty white and pretty male - but far better than a lot of other older, larger companies and clearly working hard to improve in the DEI space. Coming from academia/non-profit/public sector it's noticeable but far from any kind of culture shock. The obvious work they're doing is also showing obvious improvements.

I love that, even though I've 'sold out' to the private sector, I'm still working on things that are important to the public good (particularly on climate change). The utility space is where a lot of the change needs to happen and I love being among the people moving that needle.

People are great

Archaic systems, lots of processes are behind the times, workload is excessive and management offers thanks nothing else.