National Grid USA – “New Electrical Engineering Graduate? Start your career here!”

Pros

Great pay for CO-OPs and new hires with opportunity to earn fantastic overtime wages. Relaxed environment as long as there is not a weather emergency. Engineers, even CO-OPs, are considered management and are in turn treated with a certain amount of respect from the beginning of employment. The company is an industry leader and all the equipment is state of the art. The 'Grid is definitely a company that is well funded and generous to their employees.

Cons

Weather emergencies offer great overtime wages, but being a utility company, much of the time you work until the problem is solved. 20 hour days are possible in major weather events such as snow storms. HR can be a pain to deal with and direct deposit will take months to kick in.

Advice to Senior Management

Recruit more CO-OPs!