Does City & Guilds pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, City & Guilds employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at City & Guilds. This rating has decreased by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at City & Guilds?

41% of City & Guilds employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated City & Guilds 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at City & Guilds?

Manager (13) , Administrator (5) , Customer Service Advisor (5) , Customer Service Representative (5) , Senior Manager (5) , Assessment Coordinator (4) , Project Manager (4) , Administrative Assistant (3) , Coordinator (3) , Customer Service (3) , IEPA (3) , Analyst (2) , Assessor/Trainer (2) , Business Analyst (2) , Operations Coordinator (2)

What are the pros of working at City & Guilds according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great." ((in 20 reviews)); "Good benefits for all levels" ((in 15 reviews)); "Good work life balance in my team but I know that isn’t the same everywhere." ((in 14 reviews)); "Varied role with some great colleagues" ((in 13 reviews)); "Great Culture" ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at City & Guilds according to real employee reviews?

"Lack of formal management qualifications across mid and senior management means those entering the business with higher qualifications than current managers are prevented from making the changes necessary to improve systems and processes." ((in 10 reviews)); "Senior managers often locked themselves away in a separate office and couldn't care less about what was going on in the Call Centre itself and only emerged if they wanted coffee/tea." ((in 9 reviews)); "no training whatsoever" ((in 9 reviews)); "Lack of resource, Poor Leadership, expected to get on with it even though you are drowning, morale is down and management don't care." ((in 9 reviews)); "Management was a bit out of touch" ((in 8 reviews))

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City & Guilds reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(224 total reviews)

Kirstie Donnelly

39% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Culture & values

2.7

Career opportunities

2.2

Senior management

City & Guilds has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 224 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The City & Guilds employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

224 reviews

3.0

Sep 11, 2025

Great people, questionable leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance is excellent Flexible working

Cons

Too much change resulting in fatigue from staff

1.0

Aug 27, 2025

Avoid Avoid Avoid!

Sales executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good location (Wakefield Office), a few good employee's on the Campaigns Team.

Cons

Bully/clique culture within the Team Leaders/Senior Management. Do not take complaints on board. The Sales office is either deathly quiet or so loud you can't hear customers on the phone, due to coworkers within "the inner circle" screaming, shouting and laughing. Really uncomfortable place to be. Ignore the 'benefits' they put on the job listing, they frequently move targets so you never get a bonus, and are itching to put anyone on a PIP so you can't work from home. It's clear this place is a revolving door, same for the Customer Service department upstairs. Never heard anyone say one thing positive about working here.

2.0

Aug 11, 2025

Quality Team

Quality executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, such as holiday, maternity etc

Cons

Salary low, rarely increases unfortunately

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