Great work environment for a long career - Principal Engineer National Grid Employee Review

5.0
21 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

National Grid has worked carefully to develop a fantastic work culture. It is unique in that almost all employees are ALSO customers, which helps foster an inclusive and customer-focused environment. Managers and senior leader recognize the importance of a work-life balance and employee development. Intercompany are encouraged if they help employees grow and strengthen their technical or leaderships skills.

Cons

Long hours and hard work can often go unnoticed by the public when services are working well. Recognition and approval rarely comes from customers who learn where I work.

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1.0
30 June 2026
Recommend
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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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