What are perks and other benefits like at Network Rail?

Good company to work for, Good salary 35 hour week, Safety number one priority for public and employees, Good benefits and pension

Training very slow need more training facilities local to depots Occupational Health needs to be revamped,

- Good benefits, including rail discount and health insurance for management grades - CIPD annual renewal covered and a lot of focus on HR education - Opportunities for career growth and strong focus on employee development

- HRBP roles can vary across the business, some roles are more operational than strategic - high work load and a lot of focus on ER - Work life balance can be challenging - Culture needs improving in some area! Male dominant environment

good pay for roles they understand (engineers, project managers) good benefits and pension if you play the game and tick the boxes you can get rapid promotion

impossible to actually make a difference here too much workplace politics waste a lot of time on pointless meetings Specialist expertise not recognised if its not obviously a railway skill People promoted way beyond their competence because their face fits, they tick a particular box or for other reasons unrelated to their work skills

Good benefits, travel benefits, mat leave is good.

Training and development is pretty bad. No budget for courses and your personal development plan rarely gets reviewed and actioned

Friendly staff, loads of help, flexible working hours, good benefits

Coordination is poor between NR and it's contractor - projects overrun in costs

Great work life balance Fair salary Pay rises in line with inflation Making a difference Good people Good benefits such as 75% off travel

Public sector so no social budget and office could be better equipped

I work for a great team, flexible, good benefits

Management is ok, but as with any company there's always room for improvement. For the work, the salary could be better

Good time off, benefits, training, work conditions and pay

Bad management at times, employment of unsuitable people, wasting of money in certain areas

Loads of opportunities to move around and try new things Lots of training and development opportunities Colleagues with huge amounts of passion and pride in the rail industry 75% leisure travel discount (it really adds up!) Great range of benefits and discounts Lots of locations across Great Britain, so you can keep working for NR even if you move

Lots of red tape - can make it hard to get things done Feeling of divide between frontline and desk based colleagues (worsened significantly since Covid, and not fixed yet) Some uncertainty over coming of GBR (no clarity on impact to roles) Conflicting priorities, and a lot of reactive work

Space to develop your own skills Trust to do a good job, no micromanagement Great pay and reasonable benefits Generally opinions will be listened to Good work life balance towards the life side.

Poor/absence of structured Personal Development. Skill degradation due to specialist work almost always subcontracted. Communistic approach to performance - everyone gets the same, little incentive to go above and beyond. No social engagement because of WFH culture encourages people to not talk to each other - most people have poor/little to no social skills. Lots of talk about training & skills but reality is different: little to no interest, support or guidance in allowing colleagues to learn the new technical, specialist skills they desire. Developing a career is outweighed towards home life balance. Focus/support is always to those with families/children, not single child free people who want to develop their careers. People are encouraged to do the bare minimum.