Worst experience of my career to date - Avoid if you value your health - Manager Police Now Employee Review

1.0
16 Dec 2021
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Pros

Salary, bonuses, and working from home arrangement

Cons

This organisation treats people like commodities in a way I have never experienced before in my life. It was the most dehumanised I have ever felt. They talk a good game when it comes to mental health and team bonding, but you can see the fear in the staff's eyes during every interaction. Show any weakness at all and you will be toast. During my time there the threat of redundancy was held over everyone's heads as if it were their chosen management tool, and to a point it worked! They had people working 12 hour days, played people off against each other for roles that may or may not appear in 6 months time, and hired people knowing they would have to make them redundant. The CEOs absolute single minded approach to their "mission" is at the expense of the health and wellbeing of every single staff member. I don't think he understands the concept of looking after your staff to help get the best out of them. Tears every day, people off sick, having to pay people off due to their mistreatment of them. Tax payers money very poorly spent - they are equipping the Police force with poorly "trained" officers, and lining the pockets of the few at the top.

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2.0
2 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people who make up Police Now are a genuine joy to work with, being driven and supportive. The Police Now mission in principle is excellent and meaningful and the world life balance for most of the roles is very good with a few caveats.

Cons

The issue with Police Now is that it feels very much like and organisation on the decline. Salaries were strong a few years ago but now are at a point where many members of staff are underpaid when compared to similar roles within comparable sectors. The executive leadership keep staff in the dark on nearly every issue, telling all that everything is fine right up until they can no longer hide it. It feels rather than being mission driven the organisation has become one focused on being optics driven but an inexperienced leadership team. It is a shame as on a personal level they are pleasant people but professionally one can't help be feel they are out of their depth.

5.0
10 Sept 2025
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Pros

The people who work here are amazing and we all really care about the work we do. A lot of time has been invested into making sure the perks available are great, with great support for wellbeing. Decent pay for the work you put in. Amazing team culture. People are generally keen for feedback which creates an open, honest environment.

Cons

If you are in the programmes team, there is a lot of travel away to deliver our academies which can be disruptive. Can be quite uncertain at times due to the nature of our organisation and so things are always changing.

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