Home Office reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,311 total reviews)
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Mark Sedwill

62% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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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2.0
Nov 8, 2018

Passport Office Admin

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Pros

Flexible working hours. That's it.

Cons

Really outdated system of rating employees by putting a certain percentage into one of three categories - this has been shown time and again to be ineffective and demoralising. Difficulty in getting reasonable adjustments for disability. Large, noisy workplace, bullying and cliquey behaviour. Line management culture not very supportive.

1.0
Sep 25, 2018
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Pros

Job Security, that's all there is.

Cons

There is a reason there are frequent bullying surveys. All the things they say you will get as a civil servant such as support, training etc.. you wont. No one helps you on board in what is a very complex business environment and you will be held responsible for won't you did not do even though no one told you anything about it. Pressure piled on pressure. Aggressive managers. Long hours lots of unrealistic and unfair pressure. You will be 1 of very very few civil servants working with and managed by contractors on far more than you many of whom do far less work than you and working with suppliers who treat their staff better than you are treated by the HO and who are also earning more than you! Endless communications about the culture and values that bare no resemblance to your every day reality.

3.0
Sep 18, 2018

Needs to change more quickly

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great work life balance Work on some of the most important and high profile issues affecting the UK

Cons

Low pay compared to private sector Top tier management speaks to lower grades about changes, diversity and inclusion but middle management seem unwilling/unable to implement these much needed ways of working and recruitment Old-fashioned ideas of working a grade for a set time holds many employees back from rightful career progression

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