Does Network Rail pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Network Rail employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Network Rail. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Network Rail?

73% of Network Rail employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Network Rail 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Network Rail?

Project Manager (150) , Signaller (65) , Scheme Project Manager (63) , Engineer (44) , Technician (41) , Project Engineer (34) , Asset Engineer (30) , Commercial Manager (26) , Finance Business Partner (25) , Team Leader (25) , Operative (20) , Apprentice (19) , Manager (19) , Assistant Project Engineer (17) , Business Analyst (17)

What are the pros of working at Network Rail according to real employee reviews?

"Great for people who want to work part time or get maximum use of paternity/maternity leave." ((in 151 reviews)); "Flexible and good benefits to be had" ((in 148 reviews)); "Pay is good and colleges good" ((in 125 reviews)); "Good salary and overtime rates" ((in 99 reviews)); "Good pension schemes" ((in 97 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Network Rail according to real employee reviews?

"Sometimes poor management and politics" ((in 101 reviews)); "Long hours and mostly nightshift" ((in 52 reviews)); "Not had one good manager who treats me like an adult Micromanagement Negative atmosphere No forward movement despite continual improvement strategies" ((in 49 reviews)); "Bullying is rife" ((in 32 reviews)); "Poor behaviours from senior leadership" ((in 31 reviews))

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Network Rail reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(2,598 total reviews)

Jeremy Westlake

74% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Network Rail has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,598 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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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

1.0

Jul 13, 2018

Network Rail 2017

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

One of the main reasons is serving the public. The pay is not too bad. There are good side benefits such as private health insurance. It has a graduate engineer scheme.

Cons

Just about everything else. It really is a broken company with very little budget. Avoid if you can.

Network Rail Response

Thanks for sharing your experience at Network Rail, it was great to read through the pros of working here. You're absolutely right to point out the frustrations and we're working hard to remove bureaucracy through our Putting Passengers First programme. This is providing lots of opportunity for devolved decision making and we'd hope that your experience with us now would differ significantly from your previous time at Network Rail. We wish you every success for the future.

2.0

Mar 12, 2018

If you have the choice, avoid.

Finance

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great if you're 50+ years old - absolute security, plenty of time to improve your golf handicap. If you love filling in forms, this is the place for you.

Cons

Possibly the worst IT and HR teams every encountered. When the senior management team has almost completely left over the last 3 years (including the CEO), that may tell you something. When all else fails, add a process. The latest employment survey said that 62% thought that leadership was bad or very bad. 58% thought the same about pay.

1.0

Dec 8, 2016

Some Good, but Management are awful.

Delay resolution coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Salary, some good people to work with, flexible working arrangements to work remotely and

Cons

Office culture of "stitching" other people up by telling tales, Spineless management whom cover each others backs by colluding to lie and a culture of expecting you to do too much work, but "that's just the way it is."

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