Union but no pension and very low pay - Employee National Grid Employee Review

The jobs at National Grid are union based but don't offer more than any average non-union job out there. ZERO pension. Average 401K match (50% on 6% of salary), takes over 5 years to get 15 days vacation and 13.5 years until the next bump. Good luck taking off for being sick any more than 3 times and 3 days at a time. They have a bizarre and complicated system for being able to take sick time off. They drag out all promotions and pay increases (easily a year or more) and are meeting the pandemic hyperinflation with a 2-3% "raise" which is pretty embarrassing. Somehow, this company can raise prices but it's not translating over to the deserved pay increases for departments like construction, street, LNG, etc. Additionally, if you are in any experienced position, across the board, their pay is not competitive and they seem to pay about 20-25% less in comparison to others in the same profession in the tri-state area and even nationally (when a comparison calculation is done). Overtime is mandated at the drop of a dime so it's just about impossible to plan anything in your personal life with any kind of consistency. The union also caters only to a particular group of people and equality is backward here. I'd highly recommend reaching out to several employees and speaking to them before accepting any job here.