At its core, Public Service Enterprise Group(PSEG) is like any other energy services company that aims to meet or exceed shareholder value and keep power flowing through sweltering summers and record-breaking storms. But construction industry professionals like this company best for other reasons: They say PSEG is relatively easy to work for and has kept even small firms busy during a recession in which industry unemployment has skyrocketed.
"The support is phenomenal, and [PSEG has] some of the best project managers I've ever worked with," says Marjorie Perry, owner of MZM Construction & Management, a Newark, N.J.-based rough carpentry firm with a staff of 15. MZM's work with PSE&G, the company's gas and electric subsidiary and New Jersey's largest utility, includes general contracting services. "While they don't expect to hold your hand, they support you 150%," she says, by communicating clearly and offering training programs, among other things.