National Grid Employee Reviews

Good place to work, salary good with annual bonus. T&Cs are unfortunately being eroded, not as good as it used to be. Very good final salary pension scheme although closed to new members for some time.

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Good place to work

PMO Analyst (Current Employee) - Warwick, Warwickshire - 3 November 2023

Meaningful and fulfilling tasks: Many people find satisfaction in work that allows them to make a positive impact on others or the world.Good relationships with colleagues: Positive working relationships and a supportive work environment can make the job more enjoyable.Learning and personal growth: If your work challenges you and allows you to develop new skills and knowledge, it can be very rewarding.Autonomy and flexibility: Having some control over your work and the ability to manage your time can be a source of enjoyment.

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Insights into National Grid

Based on 27 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Ability to meet personal goals
Time and location flexibility

Best place I have ever worked

NMC/Communications Engineer (Former Employee) - Taunton - 4 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?A friendly and professional work environment with good support managersWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?The job has never been stressful, because I love my roleWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Despite being diverse, it was such a friendly environmentWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?A typical day at work, its always very busy.

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Good company

Consents officer (Current Employee) - Leeds, West Yorkshire - 12 September 2023

National grid is a good company and the wages are competitive. You do feel like most of the management cares about your well-being however there is some pretty bad staff shortages and my current role just isn’t for me

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Its a good working environment.

Senior Data Analyst (Current Employee) - Birmingham - 28 July 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Good working environment.Good work ethics.Good higher management.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Busy schedule and fast paced environmentWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Team leads and higher management is very friendly.What is a typical day like for you at the company?As a data analyst, creating new reports, dashboards.

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Professional and customer focused

Team Support (Current Employee) - Lincoln, Lincolnshire - 15 May 2023

Providing excellent customer service is main priority of the business, skilled and efficient managers, great opportunities to become highly successful employee

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Engineering

Overhead linesman (Former Employee) - Wolverhampton - 2 May 2023

great training and place to workFlexible working hours and chance to work all over the country.Overtime is frequently available and a chance to join the employee share save scheme

Pros

Work all the country

Cons

Bad weather

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Good place to work, but....

Power Systems Engineer (Current Employee) - Warwick - 23 April 2023

Honestly, it's a very good place to work. The pay is pretty good with excellent benefits. Work-life balance is also good. However, the job can get monotonous easily. If you are the 'explorer' type of worker, you will get easily bored.I think it's a very good place to work if you are already in your mid-career level, but I would suggest for early starters to look for other opportunities to get as much experience as they required.

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Fantastic place to work

Mechanical and electrical Fitter (Current Employee) - Hampshire - 5 April 2023

Sometimes slow, but it's goes with the territory very safety driven which is obviously a good thing, no two days are the same management are very understanding and very helpful, all staff are very helpful and treat you like family, definitely a very fun good workplace

Pros

Overtime is paid well

Cons

No cons

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Terrible place to work, fun dies when you enter

Engineer (Former Employee) - Wokingham, Berkshire - 2 April 2023

This is the worst company I have ever worked for. The company protects and promotes managers that are bullies. If you stand up for yourself, your carrier there will most likely be over as you will be deemed difficult and sensitive. If you are not working in planning or control, your work will most likely be made absolutely senseless by clueless management. If the company didn’t wasn’t a monopoly it would never survive, as the way the things are run is extremely inefficient.

Cons

culture, mostly meaningless projects

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Still there 15 years later

Project Analyst (Current Employee) - Warwick - 6 March 2023

I have worked there since I was 17 and thoroughly enjoy it. The are lots of job opportunities across the business once you ready to expand your skill set

Pros

Great work/life balance

Cons

45 min travel to office

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A great place to work

Quantity Surveyor (Current Employee) - Nationwide - 4 March 2023

A great place to work, flexibility to deliver and a genuine reliance on your commercial skills and knowledge. Only slight negative is that market supplement needs to catch up with the real market rates being paid for good QS’s

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Bureaucratic nightmare

Senior Reporting Analyst (Former Employee) - Remote - 29 January 2023

I worked in Regulatory Reporting, Business Services. Fortunately my fellow contractors were great in getting me up to speed. They were a great group of people to work with. It's a shame the same can't be said for the Permanent Band C manager or the hero worship of the departed Band D.Don't go into NG thinking you can change anything, or expect anyone to do anything outside their own job. That might just be the section I was in....

Pros

Wfh

Cons

Lack of fair management in my section

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Caring and supportive workplace

Team Administrator (Former Employee) - Wokingham, Berkshire - 18 November 2022

The Wokingham office is a great place to work, all of the staff are supportive and care about colleagues development. The graduates were all very happy with the graduate scheme

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good company providing essential service

Manager (Current Employee) - Derby, Derbyshire - 3 September 2022

A good company providing essential services. Lots of good people willing to help but working on maintaining an infrastructure while using archaic systems and processes, inhibits innovation and productivity.

Pros

Good people with relaxed working environment

Cons

Not very innovative or productive.

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Great place to work with great pay rewards.

Line worker (Current Employee) - Kettering, Northamptonshire - 25 August 2022

Good company to work for with great pay benefits. Out of hours standby rota can prove problematic with family life but it comes with the territory. If you work hard and shows willing you can go far.

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Worst place I have ever worked

Process operator instruments (Former Employee) - Wooler gas compressor station - 24 July 2022

Dangerous place to work management more interested in numbers than peoples safety they treat contractors like scum avoid as you will regret working for them there are more managers than staff again avoid or you will regret

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Waste of time and my life......

Service Delivery (Former Employee) - Warwickshire - 24 May 2022

An awful, aggressive company towards each other, colleagues and team members in general; consist of people who have been working there far too long and requires a good shake up in my humble opinion.It's not what you know, it's a case whom you know....I would never entertain the thought of working there again ever; ignore their company values as it does not mean anything. The most unprofessional company I have ever come across in my 25yrs of working life...REALLY horrible people!

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Toxic management and worked to burnout

Strategy Project Manager (Former Employee) - Warwick, Warwickshire - 1 May 2022

If you overwork they love it, until you burnout. They talk of mental health support until you actual suffer with poor mental health caused by their work environment and management style

Pros

Good pay and pension

Cons

Long hours, no team work, culture of not speaking out

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Steady with good atmosphere

Manager (Current Employee) - Warwickshire - 29 March 2022

The company looks after its employees still and managers are encouraged to develop staff. The company is starting to become more progressive but its a slow process