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?

"but the people there were great who were in my team" ((in 64 reviews)); "Flexibility and friendly colleagues." ((in 62 reviews)); "flexible working is provided which is nice" ((in 46 reviews)); "Good team collaboration and understanding" ((in 33 reviews)); "Good opportunities for progression and development" ((in 24 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 50 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 39 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 27 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

4.0

Aug 14, 2025

Home office

Eo asylum decision maker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hybrid working Flexible working Good benefits

Cons

Quite overworked Intense Training could be better

1.0

Aug 13, 2025

AVOID

Administrative officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Croydon Response Team - The way fellow Admin Officers always help each other. Pension contributions

Cons

Croydon Response Team - A target driven environment that was never mentioned at the interviews. Poor training, a bullying and weak management leading to mental anguish. A department where the most junior members of staff AOs have the most knowledge and experience. Unbelievably managers are not expected to know the work, only to ensure you do yours. Morale is low, for many reasons including bullying, favouritism, high workload, constant withdrawal of working from home privilege etc Many people looking to leave. AVOID

4.0

Aug 12, 2025

Not great strategy and management but good place to work overall

Policy manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

One of highest paying gov departments

Cons

Constantly changing priorities and structures. Terrible HR processes

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