Pros
Generous flexi time and annual leave allowance
Cons
Wide spread bullying and harassment if you come to work for DWP. I had a operation and DWP phoned me 3 times a day, daily, even though i gave them copies of my condition written by the medical expert, my GP report and by the consultant. They knew my operation was scheduled for a certain day and that the recovery time would be 6 weeks or more. My team leader called me up to 3 times a day including on the day of surgery to ask me when i will be returning to work. A colleague of mine had no childcare because her daugther was sick. She was told to make continquency plans to come to work. She was told that her team leader would be expecting her to be at work for 11am, even though her daugther was vomiting and had diarrhoea. The poor worker took her daugther to work and left her to sleep in the staff car park, while she attended work. When the team leader realised this, she then told her to go home. With the coronavirus the management have failed to supply sanitizers to protect staff on the frontline from the virus. A lot of claimants have health problems attend the jobcentre. We are very exposed to the coronavirus within jobcentres andno provisions have been put in place to protect staff. Schools have closed due to the widespread coronavirus but DWP are bullying staff to bring kids to school and to make plans to return to work as we are classed as keyworkers. Not all school have plans for staff who are keyworkers. Daily phone calls from management asking to why you can't come in to work. Lots of favourtism in the department. If your not part of a cliche your out. Or they will plot together to make life difficult for you. That cliche could be people from a certain country who all speak the same mother tongue, peope from the same culture or ethnicity are given favour over those who are not. One particular office in South london have 5 Ghanians and Nigerians as part of the management team, where is the diversity here. If you are not from their culture you don't stand a chance for any promotion or opportunity in their eyes. Same goes for offices where the majority of the management team are all asians or white. This is a common theme in most DWP departments. Segregation springs to mined. DWP haven't a clue about diversity. Their policies on paper are not worth what they are written on as in practice they just don't care about your wellbeing and what happens to you in t your personal life as long as you turn up for work no matter whatthe circumstances.. Disabled colleagues with Underlying health conditions are treated poorly. I know a colleague with a bad back that waited over 3 years before they got her a new chair, even though the work place assessment was completed a long time before. Another colleague brother died and called in to say she won't be at work today as she's naturally grieving. Team leader said " Sorry about your loss but when can we expect you back at work? If you come to work for DWP, take heed as the management will bully and harrass you like nothing you ever experienced before. If your too slow to learn, not fast enough, late for work, have childcare issues, have carer issues, have underlying health problems. Expect to be called up to 3 to 4 times a day and asked " When will you be returning to work?"