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 110 reviews)); "but the people there were great who were in my team" ((in 64 reviews)); "Great colleagues and people want to do their best." ((in 63 reviews)); "flexible working is provided which is nice" ((in 35 reviews)); "Good team and atmosphere here." ((in 31 reviews))

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

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 67 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 53 reviews)); "Poor salary and not many options to increase it based on your contribution etc." ((in 37 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))

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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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Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

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Parent or family caregiver

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Jul 8, 2019

A safe but not very rewarding place to work

Business change

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working Good colleagues Safe job Lots of different work opportunities Reasonable pension

Cons

Poor reward and recognition Poor recruitment and promotion processes Inconsistent managers - a few good, many poor Too many unnecessary processes Average office accommodation

4.0

Jul 7, 2019

Good place to work

Litigation paralegal

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job development, secondment opportunities, flexible time

Cons

Unnecessarily strict about which days work from home

2.0

Jul 4, 2019

Just Fine

Business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working and home working

Cons

Other staff , poor knowledge etc

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