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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Apr 30, 2019

Not the best

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not the best could be better a jobs a job

Cons

No overtime can not progress as would like

1.0

Apr 8, 2019

Unacceptable targets and inconsistent support advice

Decision analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent wage and pension scheme.

Cons

High levels of pressure to produce asylum decisions advice on the correct decision being highly opinionated by senior support staff.

2.0

Mar 19, 2019

Interview Officer

Interview officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance Breaks(Now gone) No real responsibility

Cons

Managers have no people skills You can train a monkey to do some of these jobs Manager brings in food to share amongst staff, but ends up eating it whilst driving into work.

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