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 102 reviews)); "but the people there were great who were in my team" ((in 67 reviews)); "Great colleagues and people want to do their best." ((in 63 reviews)); "flexible working is provided which is nice" ((in 37 reviews)); "Great team to work with anytime." ((in 37 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 54 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 34 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 26 reviews))

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Home Office reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,319 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 1,319 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

4.0

Aug 18, 2023

Pros and cons

It operations analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Shift allowance Annual leave entitlement

Cons

Not flexible for shift workers

3.0

Aug 15, 2023

Was ok

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable Can. climb up ladder Flexible

Cons

Sky is not the limit.

4.0

Aug 14, 2023

Good place to start your career

Performance and data analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of L&D opportunities, people friendly and not as harsh as the private sector.

Cons

Pay is lagging behind, hence why employees jump ship soon as they acquire enough experience to go private or promoted to a higher grade.

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