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Melbourne Water Reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(103 total reviews)

Dr Nerina Di Lorenzo

76% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Melbourne Water has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 103 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Melbourne Water employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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103 reviews
3.0
20 Oct 2017

Cushy - with lots of dead wood

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice office and provides a vital service to the public

Cons

People to rise to the level of their incompetence - this describes a great deal of the managers here. Plenty of "lifers" who can't get a job anywhere else and are just waiting for retirement Lots of bureaucracy

1.0
12 Sept 2022

Avoid this place

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Pros

Flexibility was there but it has changed, they are know pushing people to be in the office .

Cons

1. Management / contractor ties are very strong, to a point were they can be family members. That is very toxic. 2. They run the team based on fake positivity, talking and resolving problems is not in the agenda. They want to sell that we are a happy family when there are fundamental issues in the team. 3. No growth at all. 4. if you are a passionate performer, they won't support you, they will overload you with a tonne of work and spend their time babysitting the non performers. 5. They love meetings because management has pretty little thing to do. 6. Tenders are not run on merits, they are run on politics. 7. There is a vast number of employees looking at retirement and they are proud to do as little as possible to stay in the status quo. 8. Too many GMs and Team Leaders, they don't know what they are doing. 9. Pay is a joke . 10. Flexibility is out of the equation. 11. They love talking about Safety but there are fundamental issues in the contractors side that they are ignoring and it has impacted people wellbeing. 12. all the benefits that they talk when they are hiring, you need so many conditions to get them. There is no investment in training and developing unless that you are part of the agenda. it is not based on merits.

1.0
18 June 2017

Disappointing

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The employees at below-manager level are generally good to work with and genuinely trying to do a good job The work is meaningful and interesting Training opportunities

Cons

Internal politics and lack of cooperation between managers of different groups means employees are given conflicting instructions , which leads to little being accomplished and a lot of frustration. Most managers only care about their image and climbing the ladder, not about doing what is best for the company. There is a lot of talk about 'well being' and 'work-life balance' but that is just lip service.

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