Network Rail reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(2,603 total reviews)

Jeremy Westlake

74% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Network Rail has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,603 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
1.0
Oct 26, 2025

Bullying management

Recommend
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Pros

There isn't any pros it's terrible

Cons

The company management is very unprofessional, With large proportion of them all on each others Facebooks ! Including favorite employees. They will often employ there mates from contracting companies over above actual Networkrail employees . Bullying by the management is very common often in form of verbal abuse,or giving employee they don't want pointless tasks to do , or setting you up to do something wrong, they then follow there investigation process and get rid you . NWR speak out policy goes to your senior management and HR who are all just as bad as lower management for bullying as HR support the managers. Managers / supervisors seemingly avoid disaplinary even if there on site when something goes wrong including drugs and alcohol tests .

4.0
Oct 25, 2025

Best place to start a career

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good environment to work. Learning opportunities. Team collaboration.

Cons

Low pay and doing the same job over and over again.

4.0
Oct 24, 2025

Good Comapny

Recommend
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Pros

Salary Benefits People and culture

Cons

HR Senior leadership Work life balance

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