Department for Work And Pensions Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions full-time for less than a year

Pros – For the better result of the development ,and for those who is capable to do their work completely.

Cons – Beginning to appreciate the work you're doing,and to think what is more important in our business.

Advice to Senior Management – I would like to advice some rules and regulations in work that is perfectly do right ,and do your work according to the management of the business

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Department for Work And Pensions full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Big organisation, plenty of opportunity to move around and do different things. High media profile for the work, but it's all horrible coverage.

Cons – Essentially an evil tool that talks in Orwellian doublespeak - says the right things and then churns out policies and operations that basically screw everyone they come into contact with.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good Money/ Great Balance with Social life/Some good people/ Good laugh/ Inspiring People/ Rewarding with success stories.

Cons – Customer/ Pace of Change/ Inconsistent rules

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions part-time for more than a year

Pros – i want some thing differnt.

Cons – we do all work whose gave our officer.

Advice to Senior Management – work hard

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions full-time

Pros – Always someone with knowledge to help

Cons – call Centres, long waiting times

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the good work up and your compassion to those who really need you

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Excellent vacancies and a lot of help and support

Cons – You have to be commited to looking for work?

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – annual leave
pensions
flexi working condition
other benefits

Cons – poor management decisions
poor staff engagement
lack of progression opportunities

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to the people...they are doing the job on a daily basis!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – As a working mum of 4 this employer is a very family friendly place. They are generous on holidays, flexi-time and have options of doing term time (depending on business needs). The managers have progress meetings with individual staff once a month so together you can set personal targets and goals. Most office locations are not within the city so savings can be made on commute.

Cons – The down side to working here is that the work is repetitive and boredom can set in. Moving around to other business sections i.e from jobcentre to the marketing department is very few and far between. The skills that you use within the jobcentre plus are hard to transfer to other jobs outside the DWP so the possibilities of getting stuck within the DWP is high. Changes happen frequently and senior management/government doesn't allow sufficient time for change management to happen.

Advice to Senior Management – Change management is a problem, staff need sufficient time to adjust to changes before they change again. This often leaves us looking incompetent infront of customers and often leads to misinformation being given, decreasing customer service levels.

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – Flexible Employer = great work life balance when needed.

Cons – Pay and Progression is constrained. Limited development opportunities.

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – pay cheque and flexi -time, managers are not rude to you, difficult to get rid of you if you're in the PCS union (cost £8.41 per month). The pay is not bad by Wolverhampton standards.

Cons – boring, repetitative work on ancient pre-Windows software. The simplist tasks are intricate and time consuming, requireing the use of three databases . A stagnate aging workforce,some there since the 60s. A woman got a medal for being in the same job, in the same place, for...25 years!! They are incredibly petty to a molecular degree and complain about things no one in the private sector would have time for. The main topic of conversation is the eating habits of their children. A colleagues's child and husband both like wild rice with fishfingers and tomarto ketchup.

It's depressing working for a welfare system that has failed.

Advice to Senior Management – please stop saying:"Everything will be all right when Universal Credit comes in"...in 2013. More vertical and horizontal promotion opportunities. What is the purpose of our welfare system?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend