National Grid USA Reviews

Pros

Boss is not very pushing. Great location.

Cons

Weak air conditioning in the office. No employee cell phone discount. Too crowded. Going on budget.

Pros

This company offers excellent benefits, fair pay, generous vacation time and ESOP. Many people work here for a number of years.

Cons

Very poor leadership, company is constantly reorganizing. Workers are very stressed to know if they will have jobs. Many of the talented US leaders were let go in favor of British management who are mostly concerned with doing business at the lowest cost.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop the ongoing reorganizations which aim to squeeze every penny at the risk of too few people to do the job safely.

Pros

- Free coffee
- Great views
- Some very nice people
- Compensation was very good
- I learned a lot about corporate culture and politics

Cons

- No benefits to interns
- I often found myself with nothing to do since my supervisors were often not in the office
- High level of nepotism
- Very old fashioned
- Slow paced
- Lacking innovation

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more people based on talent, not because they're related to an executive of the company.

Pros

Laid back , old staff, nice place for retirement age

Cons

lazy managers, old as an oak tree, never willing to change or make a change, The new management does not seem to understand the company and the regulators. just finished with restructuring the company and the result was laying off 1200 people. kept the old hogs and let go off the newer people. now wants the current employees to recommend workers to fill up the vacant positions. menaing giving a open road for Nepotism.

Advice to Senior Management

Sell the company and go back !! You cannot handle it, the sun has set on the British empire long back.

Pros

Pay benefits and work life balance better then other companies in the area. Advancement opportunities great but kinda limited by attrition for most positions.

Cons

Sometimes work life balance can get out of balance but this mainly happens around weather emergencies so all and all not unexpected for this type of employer.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the lines of communication open. Overall management does as much as they can to keep us informed on what is going on.Io

Pros

Great people good opportunities poor bosses

Cons

so much politics
There seems to be a disconnect between upper management and mid level managers and the actual workers

Advice to Senior Management

Never give the answer, "we do it that way because we always did it like that" It is not an answer

Pros

The co-workers / overall staff are great people. The pay and benifits , decent.

Cons

No clear direction from senior level Mgmt. Although they make profits each year it was decided to outsource IS. Slashing jobs and outsourcing is all they seem to know how to do.

Advice to Senior Management

It would be cheaper and more productive to outsource YOU !!

Pros

Compensation, work-life balance, opp to grow

Cons

some employees can be more professional

Advice to Senior Management

Great job in communicating

Pros

Some of the best reasons to work at Nation Grid are:

Upper management does not micro-manage you. They will expect that you learn the job, learn what is expected of you and then perform. (If you are a go-getter and do not need any hand holding then this job is perfect for you)

They are flexible with how you run your team.

They allow you to develop your own "teaching tools", worksheets and monthly newsletters for your teams.

Cons

Although National Grid was a great place to work, it did have it's down sides:

Team moral over the whole floor was low.

Constant conflict with management and unions.

Advice to Senior Management

Take the time to listen to your reps more. The people that work in the call centers and on the roads are the people who represent the company through the customer's eyes.

Pros

Good pay
Great benefits
A lot of great people
Flexible work schedule
You get what you put in, if you work hard you'll be rewarded.

Cons

Communication is slow
Technology is lacking innovation
Very political
Accountability is non existent in management
Titles and actual roles vary greatly

Advice to Senior Management

Continue restructuring, there's lots of inefficient people and if you find them, you will only improve.