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

2.0

Jul 23, 2025

Mixed reviews

Executive officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance with home working Secure job

Cons

Management dont really have any control and dont understand targets Pay to the amount of work is terrible

5.0

Jul 23, 2025

Great

Senior social researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Love it - great working environment

Cons

Don't really have any to say

3.0

Jul 23, 2025

Its fine

Litigation caseworker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

not expected to work beyond business hours

Cons

no real opportunity to progress, too much middle management from managers who don't actually know the job

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