Great company to work for with competitive benefits and room to move up the corporate ladder. - Office Technician National Grid Employee Review

5.0
May 30, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are extremely competitive, union protection, pay is probably around 10-20k over market rate, pension, solid 401k match, lifestyle balance (40 hrs a week is the norm). College tuition reimbursement is around 90%.

Cons

Union shop so time with company trumps college degree/experience. Workforce is older so atmosphere is stiff for younger employees. Lack of overtime offered for this position while other field workers can work ot whenever they want.

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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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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