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

(1,310 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

4.0

Oct 1, 2025

Good government department that looks after people

Designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- majority of people care about each other and trying to do great work - complex and interesting work problems to solve - cover travel/accommodation costs when working away

Cons

- too risk averse - creative problem solving can be stifled

3.0

Sep 28, 2025

Target Driven at Personal and Work Quality Cost

Eo asylum decision maker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing colleagues. And I'm fortunate to have a lovely line manager. Work flexibility, good workplace adjustments available.

Cons

Our targets have recently gone up as of autumn 2025. It's extremely difficult to meet them. We are now either called or asked on chats by managers more than once a day if we're on target (getting decisions out) and asked to give reasons if we're not. Training and support is, I believe, inadequate for such a massively complicated role which is largely self-taught after the first stages of training. Morale is very low now in our DM unit (and I hear it's the same in others) and so for the first time in my life I'm considering leaving a job due to stress! Shame because the work itself is very interesting.

4.0

Sep 26, 2025

Great place to work

Assistant economist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good managers, a care for wellbeing and plenty of interesting work

Cons

Pay doesn't rise appropriately and there is a burden of being in a large organisation

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