Metropolitan Police Service Employee Reviews about "making a difference"
Updated Oct 16, 2020
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Pros
"Making a difference, can be very satisfying" (in 18 reviews)
"Work/Life balance, Structure, Friendly colleagues" (in 16 reviews)
Cons
"Poor salary, long hours, complex advancement process" (in 27 reviews)
"Frustrating when Senior management has already made decisions before staff consultation" (in 22 reviews)
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Reviews about "making a difference"
Return to all Reviews- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Interesting work, challenging and you feel like you are making a difference
Cons
Very long hours, relatively low pay, sometimes risk of injury
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good Challenging Pay is good Different Making a difference
Cons
Long shifts Challenging Stressful Dealing with hardship
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Making a difference, can be very satisfying
Cons
Work can be soul destroying if you spend too long on the same low level crime units
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Making a difference to the lives of those living in London
Cons
Bureaucratic organisation due to size so can take a long time to see change happen
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Making a difference, and possibly career progression.
Cons
Not enough training for new recruits, and work/life balance is effected.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Helping others, keeping the public safe, making a difference
Cons
Long hours, disrupting family life, stressful, thankless
- Former Employee★★★★★
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Opportunity to make a difference
Cons
Working hours long and unsociable
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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people, making a difference, teamwork
Cons
administration, HR , lack of admin support, dogmatic and inflexible at times
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good employer with amazing variety of roles. Able to make a difference to peoples lives
Cons
None of particular note really
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
You are genuinely helping people and making a difference to the world.
Cons
Government has torn apart services and stripped all budgets so there is no way you can properly do your job. Incredibly long hours and severe lack of resources.
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