It’s not what you know but who you know.. - Cable Jointer National Grid Employee Review

2.0
Jan 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, plenty of overtime, sharesave scheme

Cons

Poor management, if youre one of your managers favourites you’ll get your own van (no van sharing with someone that lives across the county) pick and choose what work you’re booked in on and pretty much get away with murder. Nepotism, don’t bother applying unless you have a relative or know someone that already works here, HONESTLY! Just take a look at all people joined within the last 7 years in Leicester. If you feel strongly about fairness and equality then don’t bother applying, you’ll find yourself doing a brilliant job for years and people getting perks and getting promoted because they’ve brown nosed their manager.

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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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