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?

66% 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 105 reviews)); "Great colleagues and people want to do their best." ((in 66 reviews)); "people you work with are nice" ((in 65 reviews)); "Flexible working is available" ((in 34 reviews)); "Good team collaboration and understanding" ((in 33 reviews))

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

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 67 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 51 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 37 reviews)); "The training is poor and catered to one type of learning." ((in 33 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

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,318 total reviews)

Mark Sedwill

61% approve of CEO

53% 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 1,318 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

1.0

Sep 3, 2023

Terrrible

Executive officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good working arrangements The job is easy

Cons

Management is terrible Staff are old and unintelelctual

5.0

Aug 31, 2023

Opportunity to progress

Lawyer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Supportive, interesting work, Hybrid working, flexibility

Cons

Pay does not reflect the going rate for Lawyers or the level of workload

3.0

Aug 31, 2023

DevOps Engineer - Home Office Review

Devops engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Friendly colleagues that are great to work with - Flexible working (supports hybrid working and flexible hours) - Good job security - Interesting projects - Modern technology stack

Cons

- Lack of promotions (I was with the HO for a good numbers of years and got two promotions in that time starting from the bottom, in which I had to push for myself and take on a different role to do so each time) - Pay package (the salary for London isn't high enough with the current cost of living, maybe for employees that work up North it could be fine though, but likely still less than elsewhere) - Manager support (for tech based roles it can be challenging to be assigned a manager that can assist with your growth within technical areas, which could be to do with the two previous issues mentioned. In my time there I had 3-4 managers and only the last manager I had was actually helpful in this as the others lacked technical knowledge or were too busy to actually help)

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