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

(1,311 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

4.0

Sep 7, 2025

Yeah alright

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job safety is alright I suppose

Cons

Typical civil service innit lol

3.0

Sep 3, 2025

Drowning in admin tasks and underpaid.

Asylum decision caseworker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pension is good and 50% of what you do is interesting.

Cons

The other %50 of the job consists of an insane amount of administrative tasks and processes which you get no credit for and don't have time to get used to. All these admin tasks change almost on a weekly basis, and new forms and procedures are constantly added to your list of responsibilities, while your weekly targets and your salary stay the same. They'll always add more and more procedures. If you're good enough, they'll even give you extra responsibilities, again, without increasing your salary nor decreasing your weekly targets. Training provided and targets set are inadequate considering the standard of care required when dealing with such sensitive information.

1.0

Sep 2, 2025

Awful management

Executive officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good money and nice building

Cons

Awful management that have no people skills

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