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?

"The pension is good and 50% of what you do is interesting." ((in 108 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 90 reviews)); "but the people there were great who were in my team" ((in 65 reviews)); "Great colleagues and people want to do their best." ((in 62 reviews)); "Flexible working and home working" ((in 40 reviews))

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

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 65 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 54 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 36 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 27 reviews))

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Home Office reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,317 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 1,317 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

5.0

Dec 27, 2023

Flexible working

Performance and assurance manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working hours and hybrid model

Cons

Pay increases not in line with national avergae

4.0

Dec 27, 2023

NA

Asylum decision maker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People were friendly and enjoyed the job

Cons

Unrealistic targets to achieve for workers

1.0

Dec 23, 2023

Poor Place to Work

Assistant border force officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Pension; - Training is decent if you want to go onto something else somewhere else.

Cons

- Management culture is God awful. There are some truly appalling managers here who have gotten away with bullying and harrassing staff for years; - AHW is due to be cut; - Not enough staffing

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