Home Office Executive Officer Reviews

Pros

- Opportunity to serve the public and contribute to the security of the U.K. - Flexitime - Opportunities to progress

Cons

- ‘Onboarding’ process broken causing a slow, frustrating introduction to the organisation - Overreliance and deference to contracted/consultancy staff - Inadequate leadership and management training - Underinvestment in internal communications

Pros

- You'll make some really good friends with colleagues, most of whom are VERY passionate people who want to make a difference in society. - It's nice to put 'Home Office' on your CV - There are a vast amount of career opportunities

Cons

- Job mis-sold, 'Asylum Decision Maker' turns out to be a mediocre administrator doing menial tasks - Stats, stats, stats - Obsessed with hitting stats as opposed to delivering a quality service - Bullying and victimisation by senior managers to lower grade staff is commonplace - Good luck with receiving training to do your job - You won't get it! - Weeks and weeks to get your I.T. username, in the meantime you are stuck with menial tasks - If you think different from the status quo, good luck - because you'll need it when you're constantly having to justify yourself - They hate being challenged when you identify something wrong

Pros

Flexible working hours and patterns.

Cons

Statistic driven. Harsh sickness policy.

Pros

I beleived there would of been so many positives to this role but once your in you very quickly realise how corrupted the management and lack of respect to staff

Cons

Unreasonable work conditions and very discriminate to single parents and people with health issues. The general management structure or lack of is awful. I have never felt so under valued, under trained and bullied and pressured in a workplace

Pros

Learning is available in your own time

Cons

Progression is based on a who you know basis

Pros

Vital work - very rewarding

Cons

Complexity of issues and policies can bring unclear objective setting and prioritisation

Pros

Being able to put UK Visas & Immigration on your CV Some limited exposure to Human Rights ECHR litigation.

Cons

Working in Lunar House East Croydon (the building where dreams die) Horrible members of staff with bad attitudes Shocking lack of professionalism, A world where they use paper files and lose them so often, Immigration offenders remain in detention as a result and the Secretary of State gets litigated against for wrongful detention because of poorly motivated staff and hugely incompetent senior managers and ultimately tax payer’s money is wasted compensating people who should be removed from the UK. Blatant discrimination against disabled employees, such a poor culture of implementing the requirements of the Equality Act. A culture of bullying and harassment instigated by senior managers (SEO) if your face does not fit. Working with people who are so demoralised all they are waiting for is their pensions or death.