Good Old Boys Club - Journeyman Lineman National Grid Employee Review

3.0
29 Feb 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The training you received to do your job will be very good. This company is very strict on safety so you have to follow safety rules and it can lead to termination

Cons

One of the biggest cons about this company is that a lot of the old school Italians that have dominated this industry for years have a hard time adapting to the fact that minorities now are just as likely to work these same jobs as discrimination is no longer tolerated in the work force. Once upon a time you would have to know someone or have a family member who can get you into National Grid formerly known as KeySpan or Brooklyn Union, not anymore. The lack of diversity can still be seen in some departments, and those jobs or departments are hard to get into.

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1.0
30 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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