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?

68% 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) , Higher Executive Officer (13)

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)); "Great colleagues and people want to do their best." ((in 68 reviews)); "people you work with are nice" ((in 68 reviews)); "Flexible working and home working" ((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 69 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 55 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 38 reviews)); "Management get no training and it shows" ((in 30 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

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,313 total reviews)

Mark Sedwill

63% approve of CEO

54% 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

3.1

Senior management

Home Office has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,313 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

Jun 16, 2025

Alright if you can handle change

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Rewarding. Nice people. Can have a bit of a laugh at times.

Cons

Always changing. Communication isn't great sometimes

5.0

Jun 10, 2025

Interesting, impactful work

Senior content designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Digital department has a good culture - Worthwhile interesting projects (you're not working to increase a company's profits) - Lots of tools processes and kit (although procurement can be tricky) - Good skilled people (in DDaT)

Cons

- Pay is not comparable with private sector - There can be bureaucratic obstacles, it being a government department - Home Office has work to do on its public perception - Interfacing with parts of the Home Office that use legacy processes and tech, and work in very non-streamlined ways

3.0

Jun 9, 2025

Meh

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Decent work sometimes * They do try to improve

Cons

* Far too much bureaucracy from management breathing down our knecks * Silo working * HIGH staff turn over, so constant handovers

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