Ok, but major improvements can still be made. - Power Systems Engineer National Grid Employee Review

3.0
May 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some incentives to personal development, decent benefits, opportunity to change jobs within the company, generally good work/life balance. Very diverse in the engineering part of the company.

Cons

Non-flexible procesess which can be frustrating, no clear accountability in some parts of the business. Very "silo" working, people don't know what their colleagues in a team who sits right next to yours are doing, extremely poor communication between SO and TO sides of the business. Management want to keep changing things to prove they can manage change and get their promotion, but most of the times the staff just feel lost.

Explore other reviews about National Grid

1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All