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?

68% 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 (57) , 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) , Higher Executive Officer (13)

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

"people you work with are nice" ((in 66 reviews)); "Flexibility and friendly colleagues." ((in 64 reviews)); "Flexible working for all staff" ((in 40 reviews)); "Great team to work with anytime." ((in 36 reviews)); "Benefits are great." ((in 26 reviews))

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

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 68 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 54 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 40 reviews)); "The training is poor and catered to one type of learning." ((in 33 reviews)); "Some managers have only a couple of weeks more experience than the the staff they manage." ((in 28 reviews))

Home Office reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,316 total reviews)

Mark Sedwill

63% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Ratings trend for the last 6 months (1,316 reviews)

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Home Office has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,316 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

May 8, 2021

Not good

Io and compliance

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good starter for new graduates

Cons

Bad progression onwards after being there 5 years.

3.0

May 7, 2021

Good career progression/poor comms

Diary manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Friendly people - Constant opportunities for learning and development - Ability to progress quickly if you have the right network - Transferable skills throughout other gov depts and can take skills privately if so wished. - Social meet-ups - Good work/life balance and active encouragement of healthy balance - Emphasis on mental health in the workplace, have a free mental health hotline available for HO workers.

Cons

- Communication is poor, changes made without wider awareness, lots of moving parts - Recruitment is painfully slow 3+ months sometimes - Pay is often wrong when starting, some people unpaid for months - Commissions sometimes feel arbitrary - Can be sluggish, but perhaps expected of gov. - Can be extremely busy

2.0

May 5, 2021

Bearable of you don't take the place seriously

Passport examiner at hmpo

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay. Flexible working. Overtime if wanted.

Cons

Totally disorganised. Luck of the draw whether you get a manager who cares about you. Favours people who can sound like they know what they're doing, rather than ones that prove it.

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