Great place to work, true work life balance - Director National Grid Employee Review

5.0
Aug 26, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I have been with National Grid for a year now and it honestly is a great place to work. There is true work life balance and you don't feel guilty for taking PTO. I have worked in various industries for almost 20 years now and I have loved the decision I made coming to Grid.

Cons

The only con or opportunity is with the systems we have. Most are very old and dated, so its like going back in time for some of the systems. Takes a long time to make system wide upgrades or changes.

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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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