National Grid Reviews

Toxic culture, everyone wants to leave and/or is miserable. Good ole boys club rules apply, reduced opportunities minorities. Females systematically make less across the company. Management are bosses, not leaders. Most rule on hierarchy and authority instead of leadership. Leaders will push their subordinates under the hus when needed and take all the credit. Promotions and raises 100% based on relations; good work will get you nowhere, knowing the right people will sky-rocket you to the top, crossing the wrong people will get you fired or demoted. Forced bell curve in yearly reviews, so again, its all on how chumy you are with your managers. Absolutely no career path, no lead positions between analyst role and manager role. Re-orgs are constant, leading to demotions or job loses yearly for the last 2-3 years. LOTS of inexperience UK ex-pats in top management positions that can do no wrong, don't need to do anything but get to call the shots. Rules don't apply equally, you'd almost think there's a cast system in place. Office politics and preferential treatment is such a standard that you will want to run out screaming after your first week since to get your work done, you have to not only do the actual work but collaborating with others without ruffling anyones feathers. Since everyone wants to leave finance, there are many stories of internal moves blocked by finance managers to force their employees to stay within their teams.

Do you like disorder? Do you like misery? How about constantly being emotionally beaten down until you've become someone you don't recognize anymore? Well I have the place for you! It's National Grid! The hours are long, and the competence is short. Over my time there I saw vicious bullying, disrespect of subordinates, impossible hours with no thanks given to the employees, an entire team turned over within a one year period due to mistreatment, and most of all I saw a group of apathetic people worked into the ground by unyielding cruelty on the part of management. I wouldn't send my worst enemy to work here, which is ironic, since so many of my worst enemies already work at this company! Life can be beautiful, and full of surprises. But you will find no beautiful surprises at this company! The only surprises you will find at National Grid are constantly clogged toilets, and managers who find inventive ways to tear your soul to pieces. In short, I implore you to never work here. My therapist says that in a mere 20 years I may be able to get over working at National Grid, but I know as I lay sleepless at night picturing walking through those awful revolving doors every morning, that some experiences can haunt you for a lifetime. Also, this company stinks!