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      Network Rail

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      Network Rail reviews

      3.8

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (2,608 total reviews)

      Jeremy Westlake

      71% approve of CEO

      54% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Network Rail has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,608 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Network Rail employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      3K reviews
      3.0
      Aug 19, 2021

      As with everything, it depends what you are interested in.

      Graduate engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of locations to work across the UK, salary is about industry average, excellent graduate induction, very easy to stand out as hard-working or innovative. Lots of extracurricular programmes to lead. You will always have a job at Network Rail. A piece of advice I have lived by is, If you can't see yourself in senior management, then find a company you can. No point in doing something you aren't passionate about.

      Cons

      Low-level work, stuck in victorian mindset (i.e. failing to adopt new technologies to increase rail performance and reduce costs over the long term), reactive rather than proactive industry, slightly dodgy in how commercial contracts are handed out, some nepotism. If you get accepted, talk to seniors who have been ex-grads and gauge if they still have excitement for the job. from this, you can decide if it is a good long term career.

      2.0
      Jul 28, 2021

      Mixed Bag

      Technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good flexibility and working hours, strong union and support systems for all employees and a good approach to diversity and inclusion. All work is carried out to a safe standard.

      Cons

      Poor management, particularly middle management which makes what should be an easy job difficult, deep rooted blame culture, disjointed approach to operations and maintenance that leads to stressful working environment.

      2.0
      Jul 21, 2021

      Great mission - but some very spurious promotions

      Chartered engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Network Rail has a great mission to maintain and transform the UK railway. It is very well funded. Some great passionate people.

      Cons

      Very much a cliquey environment. I have observed various people being promoted or working in positions they are totally unsuited and /or unqualified for. However, because they are in the clique or have networked well they have been rewarded. The engineering side of the business is full of people who are not necessarily professionally qualified - this leads to a lack of excellence in professional standards, and as a Chartered Engineer, I have been frustrated by the lack of ability and innovation that results from this. Network Rail seems to value ‘linage’ in the Rail industry more than credentials and ability. This is disappointing and let’s the taxpayer down.

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