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 100 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 86 reviews)); "people you work with are nice" ((in 64 reviews)); "Flexibility and friendly colleagues." ((in 61 reviews)); "flexible working is provided which is nice" ((in 35 reviews))

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

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 68 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 54 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 36 reviews)); "The training is poor and catered to one type of learning." ((in 30 reviews)); "Some managers have only a couple of weeks more experience than the the staff they manage." ((in 25 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

Nov 4, 2018

Great people - poorly led

Immigration officer ice team

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting and demanding role. Excellent training. Great colleagues. Long overdue - but well designed user focused IT being rolled out. Senior management actively driving necessary and positive change.

Cons

Organisation works in silos - Sections often actively obstructing corporate goals. Poor quality junior managers. 40% of ICE team staff leave after 2 years. Related to no annual shift pattern and rostered days off.

5.0

Oct 21, 2018

Brilliant place to work

Cyber security engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Full job security, all training paid for, various different degrees paid for.

Cons

The commute into London is the main Con

5.0

Oct 2, 2018

Flexible, enjoyable

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working, decent salary (placement student), interesting projects, good office location.

Cons

Lots of red tape that slows processes down.

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