Irish Water Reviews

3.8

89% would recommend to a friend

(131 total reviews)

95% positive business outlook

Irish Water has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 131 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Irish Water employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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131 reviews
2.0
4 Feb 2021

Old Boys Club....

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Pros

Loads of variety and potential areas of interest

Cons

There's loads of Ex-Bord Gais & Ex-Local Authority staff at all levels and they blatantly favour promotions to those "old boys club" staff.

4.0
6 Sept 2018

Very "Public Service"

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I got some great experience, I was allowed to branch out and do different things. This may have been down to the manager though, he was great. Very supportive and really pushed you to work to your potential. Fairly relaxed atmosphere, generally a good group of people to work with. I found there was some very hard working people there. Good training is offered (internally) and there is room for advancement. Good pension plan.

Cons

My area was severely understaffed which meant the workload was huge. A lot of the staff are ex council and have a 'different' way of working if you know what I mean, which meant that sometimes you're working hard as you can and you look around and everyone else has gone off for tea? Some areas had plenty of staff and it was frustrating to see that when you were knackered, they are having a chit chat and look to have nothing to do.

1.0
14 Aug 2024

How to blow the tax payers money.

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Pros

Job security for now until privatisation.

Cons

No accountability from management. No real leadership. No direction. Only overpaid management staff looking out for themselves . Continuing to outsource more and more to contractors. Under staffed on the ground.

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