Look Elsewhere - Analyst National Grid Employee Review

2.0
Jun 3, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Technical positions are the only good ones

Cons

The company is in a perpetual state of reorganization thinking each one will be the solution to their intrinsic problems only they just create more each time. Constant layoffs, hiring freezes causes chronically under staffing. Also during these periods, no job transfers are allowed. You can be stuck for a year at a time not being able to bid out, job postings disappear while exceptions are made for the chosen few. The worst of the organizations for all of this is the Finance group. Least progressive place - about 20 years behind the times. All talk when it comes to focusing on improvements, self direction, etc. Employee satisfaction is extremely low with every one you talk to. Managers lack managerial skills.

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1.0
Jun 30, 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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