The bar is low enough that talented people will stand out and be recognized. - Senior Financial Analyst National Grid Employee Review

3.0
6 Jun 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic work/life balance. Lots of work from home opportunities. There is a lot of opportunity for talented people to stand out - in part because the bar is low. The 401(k) match and bonuses are good.

Cons

Heavily regulated industry leads to many layers of bureaucracy. They reorganize every few years for some reason. Many complainers who are just sticking around for the pension.

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1.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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