Does Home Office pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Home Office employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Home Office. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Home Office?

68% of Home Office employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Home Office 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Home Office?

Executive Officer (113) , Administrative Officer (57) , EO Asylum Decision Maker (56) , Border Force Officer (36) , Civil Servant (34) , Administrative Assistant (28) , Immigration Officer (28) , Caseworker (27) , Senior Policy Advisor (23) , Policy Advisor (21) , Administration Officer (20) , Project Manager (19) , Admin Officer (18) , Decision Maker (18) , Higher Executive Officer (13)

What are the pros of working at Home Office according to real employee reviews?

"The pension is good and 50% of what you do is interesting." ((in 103 reviews)); "Good work life balance and flexi working" ((in 91 reviews)); "people you work with are nice" ((in 66 reviews)); "Great colleagues and people want to do their best." ((in 62 reviews)); "flexible working is provided which is nice" ((in 34 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Home Office according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay based on responsibility" ((in 61 reviews)); "Management are poor and unsupportive with a my way or the highway approach" ((in 52 reviews)); "Salary was low" ((in 37 reviews)); "The training is poor and catered to one type of learning." ((in 34 reviews)); "Some managers have only a couple of weeks more experience than the the staff they manage." ((in 26 reviews))

Home Office Reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,316 total reviews)

Mark Sedwill

63% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (1,316 reviews)

Home Office has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,316 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Home Office employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

27 June 2026

Thorough application process with no feedback yet

Administrative officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

application process: 250 word personal statement and then a prerecorded interview testing civil service success profile behaviours and strength questions

Cons

no cons- waiting for feedback

2.0

25 June 2026

Good pay, but shifts are very long

Infrastructure engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Pay is good for position

Cons

Twelve hour shifts are long

1.0

19 June 2026

Meaningful work with great colleagues, but slow pay progression

Fraud data lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Genuinely meaningful work, you're contributing to policy and operations that affect real people at national scale, which gives the day-to-day a sense of purpose you don't always get in the private sector. Strong exposure to large, complex datasets and cross-departmental projects. Good place to build technical depth and learn how decisions get made at senior levels. Supportive, knowledgeable colleagues. A lot of institutional expertise to learn from, and generally collaborative teams. Decent work-life balance and reasonable flexibility around hybrid working. Pension and job security are real benefits. Opportunities to engage with senior stakeholders, sometimes up to ministerial level, which is excellent for development.

Cons

Pay lags noticeably behind comparable commercial roles, particularly for technical and analytical positions. Bureaucracy and legacy processes can slow things down. Tooling and tech stack aren't always current, which can be frustrating if you want to work with modern platforms. Career progression can feel slow and is often more about grade structures than performance. Change can be politically driven and priorities shift, so longer-term projects sometimes stall or get reshaped.

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Reviews by job title

Thorough application process with no feedback yet

Good pay, but shifts are very long

Meaningful work with great colleagues, but slow pay progression

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