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 (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) , Higher Executive Officer (13)

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

"Good work life balance and flexi working" ((in 86 reviews)); "Great colleagues and people want to do their best." ((in 64 reviews)); "but the people there were great who were in my team" ((in 63 reviews)); "flexible working is provided which is nice" ((in 40 reviews)); "Great team and section." ((in 32 reviews))

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

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 63 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 52 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 36 reviews)); "The training is poor and catered to one type of learning." ((in 28 reviews)); "Some managers have only a couple of weeks more experience than the the staff they manage." ((in 26 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

Company ratings over time

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

Apr 25, 2021

Diary Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good food and canteen compared to other Government departments

Cons

Toxic workplace and culture, not a happy place

5.0

Apr 23, 2021

Flexible, many L&D opportunities and great benefits

Executive officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible, many L&D opportunities and great benefits

Cons

Policy - changes take too long for sign off

3.0

Apr 21, 2021

Interesting work, lack of strategy

Senior policy advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are friendly - colleagues are probably the best aspect of the role Some senior managers are very supportive Potential for doing some really great work Great work life balance- management proactively encourage healthy working practices

Cons

Inexperienced staff promoted to roles that they aren't prepared for Lack of direction A lot of busywork, without real projects to work on Lack of funding leading to projects being scrapped or ending up being ineffective Poor pay, as expected for gov roles

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Reviews by job title

Diary Manager

Flexible, many L&D opportunities and great benefits

Interesting work, lack of strategy

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