Come for the culture, stay because you can't afford to take risks - Engineer National Grid Employee Review

3.0
May 24, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

On most teams I saw, there's a great culture. Nontoxic and relaxed, just competent professionals doing what needs to be done with a minimum of BS.

Cons

There's a lot to be done and nowadays you don't get much for it. For a while they gave quarterly reports about how hard they're working to keep controllable OpEx (your salary) down. They seem to be quiet downsizing, so you might end up doing someone who just quit's job on top of yours, because they're not replacing anyone.

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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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