Company with worthwhile social purpose trying hard to make a difference - Anonymous employee National Grid Employee Review

4.0
Jan 6, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The work they do is vitally important to sustaining 21st century lives and lifestyles and working there feels like you're contributing to something valuable. Good focus on professional development - they're keen to invest in your skills Very friendly and collegiate atmosphere. Easy to network and get involved with others A fantastic place to work if you're interested in engineering and major infrastructure

Cons

Can still be pointlessly hierarchical, particularly in the core of the operational parts of the business A company containing so many engineers tends to be very linear, black-and-white thinkers and not terribly emotionally intelligent!

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

At NGED the few pros are lessened by the day as the cons are increasing. The idea of a career has gone and now most are resigned to just having a job.

Cons

Aside from the reality being very different from what the leadership team sell IE they don't care about people or net zero, it's all spin and marketing. Now at NGED we are in a situation where staff you have known for many years simply disappear from duty and no one seems to know why, a couple of weeks later they have left the business with an NDA. It's happening all over the business. There seems to be a drive to remove any leaders who have industry technical knowledge and replace them with people from outside the industry who knows little to nothing about electricity. Despite safe to say being an important value, speaking out against this usually results in an NDA. It's toxic positivity where playing along seems to be more important than the role you fulfil.

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