National Grid reviews

Distrustful management atmosphere with silo mentality, and generally disrespects educated qualified staff working at the bottom of the organisation. Large sections of the legacy staff at middle and junior management positions are ill educated and ill informed and try their best to discourage any development for their staff. Unfortunately they do not understand their jobs or the environment of a modern commercial environment.

Low morale and dissatisfaction on the electricty system operator side of the business. Poor leadership, little chance of career progresion, with people held at the upper limit of their pay scale for years to come and those at the bottom strung along with false promises. There is a need to keep operational people where they are. Precious little empowerment, with micro management on safety principles (for example a company wide mandatory reverse parking policy). Senior management out of touch with the electricity system operator, with seniors huddled in corporate HQ in the midlands rarely if ever coming down to the SO (system operator) business.