Department for Work And Pensions Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – excellent benefits and can get away with doing very little for alot of salary

Cons – If you are a hard worker wanting rewards and promotion it is a poor employer

Advice to Senior Management – They need to look at outside private sector management and get tough with staff who do not pull their weight (50%)

Former Employee – worked at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – Flexi time and decent holidays, reasonable pay

Cons – Line managers are unable to deal with problems, bullying gets swept under the carpet, lazy workers are never confronted over their lack of work meaning everyone else has to take up their slack, ridiculous policies regarding how to set out your desk - sorry but I will put my stapler and phone where I want it not where some idiot civil servant tells me its most productive.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop being so 'PC' about everything - if someone is being bullied do not pander to the bully so you dont hurt their feelings.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – Workforce consists of highly motivated and intelligent people, teeming with ideas. Enjoyable working lifestyle and opportunities to contribute to work which may have wide impact on society.

Cons – Often too relaxed and many lack much drive on a day to day basis. Lack of accountability and performance management

Advice to Senior Management – Good management, tasks well delegated both within groups and smaller teams within. Greater transparency and cooperation between teams would not go amiss however

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – Only 36 hours a week.
Lots of opportunities to train (around 2-3 weeks worth a year and seminars every other week).
Flexible working i.e. I work 9 days a fortnight.
There is very generous parental leave.
Stress free!

Cons – Pay is OK at first but with little growth or bonus.
Some bad managers.
Not good for ambitious young professionals; much more suitable for a person with commitments.

Advice to Senior Management – Give ambitious people a challenge and reduce the hierarchy.

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – Big department, with lots of opportunities to do different things right across the PSG spectrum, particularly heavy on delivery. Good work life balance, mostly, and a very well developed Management and Leadership development program,

Cons – Long hours tend to be unrewarded when they happen (but flipside is flexi, 6 weeks annual leave, variety of staff incentives), some areas of the business are incredibly hierarchical and ageist (need to 'serve your time')

Advice to Senior Management – Not much really - lose the focus on rigidity and making sure everyone's doing the same thing at the same time, find a way to exploit the long tail from an organisation of 120,000 people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – Safe place to work when in recession. People to work with are great.

Cons – 90% of the time its only a very short contract which will put people off. If you work hard they tend to keep you on. But usually only on longer temp contracts.

Advice to Senior Management – Good team overall, they are really good with their staff.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Department for Work And Pensions

Pros – Cant think of any at all

Cons – Hopeless management turning into acall centre without any of the benefits of a call centre

Advice to Senior Management – Gie up

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend