Does Home Office pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Home Office employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Home Office. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Home Office?

68% of Home Office employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Home Office 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Home Office?

Executive Officer (113) , Administrative Officer (57) , EO Asylum Decision Maker (56) , Border Force Officer (36) , Civil Servant (34) , Administrative Assistant (28) , Immigration Officer (28) , Caseworker (27) , Senior Policy Advisor (23) , Policy Advisor (21) , Administration Officer (20) , Project Manager (19) , Admin Officer (18) , Decision Maker (18) , Higher Executive Officer (13)

What are the pros of working at Home Office according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and flexi working" ((in 87 reviews)); "people you work with are nice" ((in 67 reviews)); "Great colleagues and people want to do their best." ((in 61 reviews)); "flexible working is provided which is nice" ((in 48 reviews)); "Good team collaboration and understanding" ((in 38 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Home Office according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 69 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 53 reviews)); "Poor salary and not many options to increase it based on your contribution etc." ((in 37 reviews)); "The training is poor and catered to one type of learning." ((in 32 reviews)); "Some managers have only a couple of weeks more experience than the the staff they manage." ((in 30 reviews))

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Home Office reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,316 total reviews)

Mark Sedwill

63% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture & values

3.0

Senior management

Home Office has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,316 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Home Office employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Regierung & öffentliche Verwaltung industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Jun 9, 2025

Meh

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Decent work sometimes * They do try to improve

Cons

* Far too much bureaucracy from management breathing down our knecks * Silo working * HIGH staff turn over, so constant handovers

3.0

Jun 7, 2025

Standard civil service environment

Senior delivery manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Training, work life balance and interesting projects

Cons

Indecisive leadership, some toxic culture, supplier dependent

5.0

Jun 3, 2025

Great place

Caseworker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexi time for time management

Cons

Micro managed at times but not always

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