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    Civil Service United Kingdom Reviews

    Updated 20 April 2019
    149 reviews

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    Civil Service United Kingdom Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood
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    Pros

    • "Incredibly friendly and good working atmosphere and work-life balance (most of the time)" (in 28 reviews)

    • "Flexible working, excellent training and development opportunities" (in 31 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Pay and benefits are often lower compared to private sector benchmarks" (in 11 reviews)

    • "Senior Managers can be very hard to approach" (in 8 reviews)

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    1. "Diversifying"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Lots of options for career change and skills improvement. Lots of support.

      Cons

      Pay is diabolical and we never get payrises!! Why am a SME I paid the same as someone new to the same role/grade!!!!

      Advice to Management

      Take away some of the multi level approvals processes

    2. "Good"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time

      Pros

      Pension, interesting work and flexibility

      Cons

      Career progression, bureaucracy and salary

    3. "Good graduate scheme"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time

      Pros

      Varied roles, training and development

      Cons

      Have to move around the UK

    4. "Good flexible working, but not great promotion opportunities"

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      Current Employee - Software Developer in Belfast, Northern Ireland
      Current Employee - Software Developer in Belfast, Northern Ireland
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Good Flexible working, good holidays, creating a good work life balance. The locations in Outer Belfast are in quite nice surroundings.

      Cons

      Restricted promotion opportunities. You can only move up if there's a board or specific trawl, which are far and few between. No bonus payments for working harder or better. The promotion interview method seems quite unfair, as those who are fantastic at their job but don't interview well, may not get promoted.

      Advice to Management

      Promote more frequently, people who deserve to be promoted, not thoes who just happen to give a good interview, but don't have the necessary skills at the next level.

    5. "Good experience"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time

      Pros

      Intelligent colleagues and fascinating work

      Cons

      Pay could be higher than it is.

    6. "Flexible but no value"

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      Current Employee - Software Developer in Belfast, Northern Ireland
      Current Employee - Software Developer in Belfast, Northern Ireland
      Doesn't Recommend

      I have been working at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Flexible working, good holidays, quite relaxed atmosphere

      Cons

      Your not valued, no bonuses, promotion is quite difficult and infrequent, no great career progression method

      Advice to Management

      Value your employees more and promote them fairly

    7. "Work Coach"

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      Current Employee - Work Coach
      Current Employee - Work Coach
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Helping make a difference to people's lives. Flexible working, excellent training and development opportunities.

      Cons

      Not many I can think of. Sometimes there can be office politics but this is the exception in my experience.

    8. "Funding policy"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      flexi time is the best

      Cons

      hard work is hard work

    9. "Generally Okay"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Flexible working , laid back approach

      Cons

      Bureaucracy and some poor management

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your employees

    10. "I can’t say"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Civil Service United Kingdom full-time

      Pros

      If you want to skate by and brown nose you’ll go far

      Cons

      The culture and lack of care towards the general public