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?

67% 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 (56) , 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) , HEO (12)

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)); "but the people there were great who were in my team" ((in 65 reviews)); "Great colleagues and people want to do their best." ((in 63 reviews)); "Good team and atmosphere here." ((in 31 reviews)); "Good opportunities for progression and development" ((in 26 reviews))

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

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 64 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 52 reviews)); "The training is poor and catered to one type of learning." ((in 39 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 39 reviews)); "Some managers have only a couple of weeks more experience than the the staff they manage." ((in 25 reviews))

Home Office reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,310 total reviews)

Mark Sedwill

62% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

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 1,310 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

Feb 7, 2018

An OK job but not much room for progression.

Administrative officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Roles and responsibilities are clearly set out -Large, diverse teams -Ability to move sideways, from team to team if you are unhappy with your responsibilities -Well compensated -Wellness is a priority for the business

Cons

-Changes in contract are extremely rare, even if your request is well argued -A lot of management are egotistical in the hierarchical structure -Opinions of staff in 'lower' grade roles not listened too -No( or very few) opportunities for progression -Work is not often efficiently distributed, leaving many teams without a workload.

2.0

Jun 28, 2015

Important work spoiled by inability to manage

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The services provided are very important for the country and those residing in it, which makes you feel the work is very worthwhile.

Cons

The senior management seem incapable of learning how to lead the organisation at a time of financial stress. They expend their energy on transformations which seem to ignore the delivery demands, justified on grounds of cost savings but probably not achieving even that.

1.0

May 16, 2025

Don’t do it!!!

Civil servant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pension is the only great benefit

Cons

Full of two faced, hypocritical, sycophantic people. You can’t really trust anyone, especially the management. On my first day, after taking almost 18mths from application to start date, I arrived at the office and nobody knew I was starting that day. My new manager is off that day, nobody knew I have a health condition despite it being on my application, but that’s my fault, of course!! Most senior managers blatantly spreading misinformation about me. Every, little mistake blown up into full on misconduct only to be reversed when they actually ask for my side of the story. On edge all the time, constantly treading on eggshells. If you’re considering hoping the Home Office, don’t do it!!!

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