Service Officer - Customer Service Representative Centrelink Employee Review

2.0
12 Jun 2019
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Pros

Pay ok once you get to the top of your pay band.

Cons

Micromanagement of staff to the point of causing mental illness issues, old systems that are poor and new systems that are worse with more issues. Career progression if you are friends with the right people and a lot of sucking up. No job security , future looks bleak as giving jobs to casuals and full time staff spend time fixing the casuals mistakes or apologising for casuals wrong information given out. ICT barely exists no IT local help just admin staff who were phone staff giving it a go. No option to choose your work as not all staff like processing claims in a dinosaur system and enjoyed help customers on the phones. Sites are shrinking , people leaving and not being replaced.

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2.0
3 Mar 2026
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Pros

Good team culture Work-life balance, especially if employed on an IIE basis Making a genuine difference to people's lives

Cons

Poor management, micromanaging, and often trying to reinvent the wheel and disrupt operations to further their own career Poor respect of personal boundaries, don't take a "mental health" day or you'll never hear the end of it Often felt like they genuinely didn't want people to be happy in the business, splitting up high-performing, well-gelling teams just because. System always down and clunky Toxic KPIs, encouragement to be efficient and cold rather than empathetic

1.0
10 Jan 2026
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Pros

Flexible work arrangements, job security

Cons

Terrible management, nepotism, staff treated like poorly, leave is hard to get leave approved, the micromanagement of staff is the worst I have encountered.. everything is KPI and stats driven and there is no consideration for more complex cases meaning that if you take too long working with a client, you have to explain to management why your stats are low that day.

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