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

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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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Aug 12, 2023

Busy department

Technical lead/architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great colleagues, plenty of crisis work, training, super pension

Cons

Treasury sets your wage, not competitive with the private sector.. even remotely

5.0

Aug 11, 2023

Good job

Senior executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay compared to local govt

Cons

Little say in policy so

3.0

Aug 11, 2023

It’s ok

Border force officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pension, good training and good pay of shift allowance is included on top

Cons

shift patterns aren’t the best for work life balance, you get sent around different ports regularly

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