Scottish Water Reviews
Updated 13 Jan 2020
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Douglas Millican
21 Ratings
Pros
"Agile working, great benefits, ability to move around the business" (in 7 reviews)
"Good benefits such as generous holiday allowance, access to wellbeing support, retail discounts, flexible working" (in 6 reviews)
Cons
"Public sector limitations, most jobs are based in central belt" (in 7 reviews)
"Jobs not advertised - not all jobs are advertised and so career progression is subject to this handicap" (in 3 reviews)
"Good company to work with good benefits."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Scottish Water full-time for more than 3 years
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Stable, good prospect for promotion if you show willingness to succeed.
Cons
Boring, I mean it is about water.
Continue readingScottish Water2019-12-28"Nothing gets done quickly and no one cares"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Scottish Water full-time for more than 10 years
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A good place to work with flexible agile working as long as you have a decent manager. Decent working conditions. Good standards of health and safety coupled with health regulations to ensure water supply is within standards and wastewater is removed and treated correctly. Good prospects for graduates or if you push yourself forward
Cons
Open offices are a playschool for some. No one hurries but everyone wants answers yesterday. For a public company, they really do waste taxpayer's money and do not follow up or chase non-compliance with their own rules. Contractors do as they wish as long as boxes are ticked.
Continue readingScottish Water2020-01-13"Inclusive and flexible"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scottish Water full-time for more than 10 years
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Agile working, great benefits, ability to move around the business
Cons
Public sector limitations, most jobs are based in central belt
Scottish Water2019-12-18"Great place to work"
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RecommendsI worked at Scottish Water full-time for more than a year
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I was given good development opportunities and worked with some great people. Good benefits such as generous holiday allowance, access to wellbeing support, retail discounts, flexible working. Option to go on the standby rota to earn more.
Cons
In the labs they often take people on a temporary contract with the hope that a permanent role will come up before the contract ends, which doesn't always happen. The benefits are only for Scottish Water staff, not those that are temporary through an agency.
Scottish Water2019-12-15"Scotland’s best employer for a professional intervener?"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scottish Water full-time for more than 8 years
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Great benefits and work life balance
Cons
Bureaucracy results in delay
Continue readingScottish Water2019-11-24"Great Team Bad Pay"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scottish Water full-time for more than 5 years
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Agile working at great team 37 days holiday
Cons
Poor payers and promotion is limited
Scottish Water2019-11-01"Great"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Scottish Water full-time for more than 10 years
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Lots of job security, opportunity and good conditions
Cons
Sometimes bureaucracy gets in the way of getting fast decisions.
Scottish Water2019-10-25"Relentless"
StarStarStarStarStarI have been working at Scottish Water full-time for more than 3 years
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Big national company with various locations
Cons
Relentless, my department is cruel and has high turnover and low staff morale
Continue readingScottish Water2019-11-06"mixed bag"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scottish Water full-time for more than 5 years
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Great team and co-workers, people have a sense of purpose and commitment to the job
Cons
Not great at developing those who aspire to technical excellence. Pay progression is almost zero unless you move jobs.
Continue readingScottish Water2019-11-04"Inclusive and Progressive with development at the core"
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Courses on wellbeing development opportunities healthy salary and pension
Cons
Inner team conflict management could be handled better
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