Something has to give - Anonymous employee The Pensions Regulator Employee Review

Used to be a great employer with prospects

Introductions of banded salary made it impossible for some people to move up without taking a huge financial loss

-Some nice people who are social -Six days a month in office. -Fair salary -Lots of neurodiverse and LGBTQ people (it is Brighton!) but they can clash with each other

-No matter what you work you do, you will do this for weeks and then one senior person will come along and tell you they don't like it and every piece of work you and everyone else did will become pointless. There are lots of senior managers doing this and it is very demoralising for people and this is why the culture is so toxic. No autonomy - so why bother hiring people who are specialists in their field? -There are lots of unprofessional people working here who forget this is a workplace. People who aren't used to working outside of TPR or the public sector. A lack of etiquette in the office -If people leave (which happens a lot), senior managers rarely replace them on time or at all then wonder why you might be behind on a project. Same for leave and illness. No accountability at exec level or common sense -TPR are so risk adverse it's ridiculous. All they think about is the Daily Mail and as a result there is no room for progress. People are cowardly as a result. Stop worrying and just do your jobs properly and trust in it -It takes FOREVER to get anything done. This has been described as the TPR treacle or mud. You will work harder than ever before to see the least progress. People hate to make decisions or take accountability so will keep passing it up until someone says yes or no - even then they will CC everyone in from the previous six weeks of asking -The office is very old and not fit for purpose. Many things don't work. There are not enough toilets and they are often dirty and they are not ventilated at all. The kitchens and tea points are badly designed. Many of the monitors do not connect to laptops -People can be very immature. If you don't do something that they want in the way that they want they moan to others, sulk, throw tantrums. It can be very unprofessional