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?

"but the people there were great who were in my team" ((in 64 reviews)); "Flexibility and friendly colleagues." ((in 62 reviews)); "flexible working is provided which is nice" ((in 46 reviews)); "Good team collaboration and understanding" ((in 33 reviews)); "Good opportunities for progression and development" ((in 24 reviews))

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

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 64 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 50 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 39 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 27 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

May 9, 2016

Home Office: great to work at!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility, diversity, progressive, good policies in place, opportunities to progress career and learning, if you take initiative.

Cons

Some bureaucracy and gradism in some parts of HO. Some work areas can be target driven.

4.0

Apr 17, 2016

Would recommend

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good training interesting job, lots of client contact, law, reading and current events flexible working

Cons

poor management high work loan progress outcome depend on your mentor, not always standard of own work

4.0

Jan 28, 2016

Safeguarding our borders

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Meaningful, Front line role that will test you at times, but if you're in for the long haul, has a clearly defined career path

Cons

Must be prepared to deal with the fickle nature of the public if you are in a Front line role

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