People Graduate Review

Really positive. The scheme is one I would recommend to anyone. Having the opportunity to work in three different roles (one of which being completely different to your area) gave me invaluable experience. I may not have ended the scheme as a specialist in one thing because of moving every 6 months but feel that the rest of my career is for that and this scheme is more beneficial. I got the chance to adapt to role/business area change 4 times across 18 months and went from finding change really hard to being comfortable with discomfort which is a vital skill. I also met so many great contacts throughout the time in placement. Graduates are really accepted in teams and a lot of successful people in the company started as graduates too so the culture is very encouraging. Being in a business support role, I thought working at any company is fine because I am doing a similar role anywhere however since doing the graduate scheme, I have had the opportunity to really understand what NG do and how important they are as a company which adds a real layer of meaning to my work that I haven't had before. We got opportunities to go to substations, site visits, meet the CEO and Business Presidents through volunteering opportunities. It is a great graduate scheme and the skills developed are invaluable.

Each role I did was very different. The first was quite structured, data heavy and detailed. I had the opportunity to lead on two impactful projects that went as far as the CEO level which was exciting for a first placement. This was a global role spread across the UK/US. The second role was broadening so I got to work with a Chief of Staff in one of the businesses, this was really varied and I enjoyed getting to be in the executive meetings to understand how decisions are made at a high level. I also got to understand how performance is measured at the company and did some event planning. It was very varied but gave me some great insight. My third placement gave me the opportunity to 'partner' a team which was a great experience as a graduate. I was definitely thrown in the deep end but really enjoyed doing a range of activities and having the autonomy to make decisions in that area. I was definitely very trusted in this placement which was a great transition to my first post role.

The package is the best I have seen at graduate level. The pay is very competitive alongside monthly payments for renting. The pension as well as protection is excellent and I have never felt unfairly compensated.

Really positive overall, I had one bad experience during one of my placements but this was one team member and this is bound to happen when you interact with so many people over the scheme.

Real encouragement for flexible working

The culture does feel quite corporate at times but equally I think this is because safety is so engrained in values so this is taken very seriously, something that I really appreciate. Hybrid working policies are really flexible.

We have ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) which anyone can join and it gives a real sense of community. The only reason I put 4 is because change is so constant and I think there needs to be more communication business wide when I think about neurodivergent colleagues (e.g. the format of calls changing could be a simple communication that'd make a huge difference).

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I think it is an opportunity you will never get again to work in a company that will let you move around so often and is so supportive. The work the company does is so valuable too and is definitely expanding so it is a really exciting time to be in the business. I also feel very empowered when I look at so many strong women on our leadership board which is extremely rare for an engineering company but very empowering.

It was very close but it wasn't communicated to me that I was contracted to return to my first placement. After I expressed this, they did take this on board though and gave me more flexibility.