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))

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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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Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

Apr 19, 2024

Not a great place to work

Executive officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Job security * Decent Pension

Cons

* Organisational structure is too hierarchical * Management are out of touch and too focused on quantity of cases served rather than quality * The office feels far too cliquey * Teams can be really 'matey' to a toxic level * Pay has not risen in Long time * Unecessarily competitive work culture * Increasing micromanagement * The office is incredibly depressing * Support for disabled colleagues is not great * Lack of supervisions and 1-to-1s (its been over 5 months) * Old / out of date systems that are always crashing/having problems

4.0

Apr 18, 2024

Great Team

Lead network architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working with technology. Opportunities to learn. Colleague support.

Cons

No benefits. No bonuses. Salary is better elsewhere.

2.0

Feb 4, 2024

Micromanaging at its finest

Eo asylum decision maker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working environment, work wasn’t too hard

Cons

Everything else. The manage-men team was awful, constant target pressure, pay wasn’t great

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