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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3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,311 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 1,311 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

2.0

Jan 18, 2023

Border force immigration officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Officers trained to a high level

Cons

Awful Management at the top. No decisions made benefit the working officers. Horrendous shift pattern introduced. 4 weekends on and 3 off. No interest in retaining staff. Dangerous working conditions, understaffed.

1.0

Jan 6, 2023

Go HMRC instead

Administrative officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hybrid working, flexi time and annual leave

Cons

If you want a fair wage stay away from HO and go HMRC where you get more money for less work/stress

1.0

Nov 20, 2022

Worst job I've had

Eo asylum decision maker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Advertise Flexi but it is restricted

Cons

Awful training Systems don't talk to each other. Brutal micromanagement Don't take into account family circumstances Expect you to bt flexible but they are rigid

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