Not exactly Google but great place to work - Human Resources National Grid Employee Review

4.0
Feb 5, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good work life balance- most people work 8-4 or equivalent. Great environment. Very supportive culture. You get out what you put in

Cons

Lack of onsite parking. Traffic around Warwick is terrible. The move from staff to manager is seen as just 'the next career step' so there are many managers who have no real leadership skills and are not trained in managing a team- it's a very unique skill set. Poor performance is not managed well- very easy for lifers to stay for years receiving their pay rises and have no incentive to do anything other than the bare minimum. Slow and bureaucratic at times.

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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