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

Mar 17, 2022

Poor experience

Finance business partner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I have worked with/for some really supportive individuals.

Cons

They pay lip service to mental health. They have made numerous restructures and are making redundancies, but still hiring. Management/exec set completely unrealistic deadlines and apply a lot of pressure which means working silly hours with no overtime paid, no bonus and minimal recognition. Some individuals in management positions have no people skills.

1.0

Feb 3, 2021

Awful management

Project planner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance and good pension.

Cons

Has become a terrible place to work this past year. Management pretend they care about the employees but underneath their is an attitude of 'you should be grateful for the job and if you don't, someone else will'. Teams are getting smaller and workload is increasing. The utter fiasco with the payrise and terrible communication has broken the trust between management and employee completely. It will take along time for employees to feel valued again.

1.0

Jan 24, 2021

Hierarchical bullying culture

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice offices and facilities with cafe and restaurant.

Cons

Not the most intelligent employees Bullying HR and other colleagues Too hierarchical - very unhealthy working environment due to abuses of power. Uncreative environment Nepotism Male dominated culture Not the most forward thinking organisation

Network Rail Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. The comments on bullying and harassment are of real concern to us and we would have encouraged you to use the Speak Out service - our confidential whistle blowing service to raise concerns with the strictest of confidence. Network Rail doesn't tolerate any form of bullying or harassment. We are an organisation striving to build greater diversity on the communities we serve, and programmes such as our Everyone Matters programme, Gender Matters programmes and Employee Networks are building greater diversity across our business. Thanks again for your time and honest review.

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