Scottish Water Reviews

Pros

Good company, good pension

Cons

Lab shifts not family friendly

Advice to Management

More overall communication

Pros

The people - they believe in what they are doing, and strive to do the best for customers, working collaboratively together, and ultimately protecting Scotland's amazing resources.

Cons

Working at Scottish Water requires pan Scotland travel

Pros

Agile working, Over time available

Cons

Very political environment Progression to on my those friendly with management Negative working atmosphere Unfair treatment of staff

Pros

Agile working Strong employee focus Flexible location Great people

Cons

Can be slow to change

Pros

Little imperative to deliver in a climate of non-delivery

Cons

Don't really know how to get the best out of contractors Permanent staff are keen amateurs, but insist on trying to manage their expert contractors Not open to ideas they didn't come up with (or copy off the internet) themselves

Pros

Good if you need to build up administrative and customer service experience.

Cons

Employees there for less than 5 years are on temporary 3 or 6 month rolling contracts, no permanent positions are available.

Pros

It’s a great place to work and the people are amazing. There’s lots to get involved in and managers don’t pressure you to stay late. There’s lots of opportunity to develop and work in different areas of the business.

Cons

The pay is pretty bad, even for a public sector company. Management will always put you on a development plan when moving internally so you don’t get the advertised salary when moving up.

Advice to Management

Allow people to start within the advertised salary bands when moving up. No more development plans to lowball people. Use them to help people move up.

Pros

Pleasant internal environment. Some ability to move across different departments depending on your skills and experience but this is very much dependant on your role and skills - it's not automatic. The main positive of Scottish Water, are its people, i worked with people who were great colleagues.

Cons

Jobs not advertised - not all jobs are advertised and so career progression is subject to this handicap. This is regressive but it has happened for years and continues to happen despite changes in HR all the way up to the top - in other words, this is deeply embedded in Scottish Water's approach to recruitment and management of its personnel. Water industry experience - if you work at Scottish Water, depending on...

Advice to Management

My advice is to prospective candidates, the way in which senior management is appointed is influenced politically - it's the most political organisation i've worked in. This controlled environment in which management positions are filled, seeps into Scottish Water's own recruitment and promotion of its existing staff. An organisation will only be run as determined by those running it and it's a controlled environment.