National Grid reviews

4.4

92% would recommend to a friend

(2,738 total reviews)
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Zoë Yujnovich

94% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

National Grid has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,738 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The National Grid employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.8 stars).

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1.0
Jun 5, 2013

Not all it's cracked up to be!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great pay - gotta give 'em that much!

Cons

Hmmmm...where to start??? Speaking only for my department: the management does not care, simply put. They are sexist (all males), they do not hold people accountable (make others pick up the slack or fix problems created by others, in and out of this department), won't back their employees or stand up for them,and simply won't listen to what they have to say. They are simply the puppets senior management wants them to be, either too afraid to make waves or too wimpy, caring instead only about how much time they have left until they can retire. They should be ashamed! Senior management will make an occasional visit, but only seek out those who can "do something" for him and blow past the rest of the group like we're not even there. Speaking for the Company as a whole: longevity and loyalty matter not, letting good, smart workers go and keeping the slugs or hiring inept contractors. They spend more time and $$ coming up with this committee, and that initiative, and this goal or that goal! Their new over budget $450mil computer system was instituted without input from the people actually doing the work, us peons on the bottom, and now makes our jobs difficult & some days impossible to complete (maybe intentionally??). if you are a "yes man" then this is the company for you. If you want respect, and want to be appreciated & heard, then steer clear! If you are management, you are up the creek because nobody will stand up for you, if you are union you're up the creek too, because that's all a political joke as well!

5.0
May 19, 2013

Finally found a home

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Pros

First company I worked for where layoffs are rare. And when they did occur, they treated employees with respect and dignity. Annual employee surveys are conducted and sincere attempts are made to fix what's broken.

Cons

Appears to be an overuse of contractors to keep headcount levels down.

3.0
May 19, 2013
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Pros

Ability to move cross functionally for career development, ability to be part of some innovative energy actions, pay OK

Cons

Leadership needs to align on priorities, need to make sure global priorities are in line with US, need to re-look at internal successors/talent vs external in terms of pay and align closer

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