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?

74% 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 (151) , 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 147 reviews)); "Flexible and good benefits to be had" ((in 139 reviews)); "Pay is good and colleges good" ((in 124 reviews)); "Good salary and overtime rates" ((in 90 reviews)); "Good Pension and leave benefits" ((in 89 reviews))

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

"Sometimes poor management and politics" ((in 105 reviews)); "Too many managers A director for just about every word in the English dictionary." ((in 53 reviews)); "Long hours and mostly nightshift" ((in 49 reviews)); "No bonus or pay rise thanks to covid" ((in 30 reviews)); "Some poor leadership." ((in 28 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Network Rail locations?

Jersey City , Yorktown , New York , Texas City , Cleveland , Union City , Andover , Tampa , Farmington Hills , Hollywood

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Network Rail reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(2,607 total reviews)

Jeremy Westlake

74% approve of CEO

54% 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 2,607 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

3.0

Jul 15, 2015

A mixed bag - don't stay too long!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty good work life balance Does some really interesting work that is relevant to Britain

Cons

Hierachical Very slow to implement change and technology Many managers are very poor at people management

4.0

Jun 23, 2015

Loads of opportunities. Sometimes doesn't learn lessons.

Safety improvement specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly people. Flexible working. Large organisation with lots of opportunities. National profile. Always trying to improve. Pays reasonably well with bonus scheme and employee benefits.

Cons

Sometimes change isn't managed well. Being a large organisation means it is hard to drive consistency. Doesn't always learn from past mistakes. Heavily dependent on Government funding. Often portrayed negatively in the media. Parts of the organisation are highly unionised which sometimes holds back progressive thinking.

4.0

Jun 1, 2015

Great opportunities despite the day-to-day frustrations

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

In four years, I have had four promotions through two pay bands...which is great. For people who are motivated and ambitious, there's loads of opportunities in NR. The organisation is large and diverse so there is plenty of opportunity for promotion, secondments and gaining experience in different functions. Decent benefits and generally, most managers have a fairly flexible approach to agile working etc.

Cons

NR are typically pretty bad of retaining real talent, which means that the great people that work there don't stick around for too long. Incidentally, those that have got comfortable and have stuck around too long are easy to identify. There can be a real lack of accountability and it can be really difficult to create momentum or a sense of urgency. Most frustratingly of all I feel, is the complete lack of learning from lessons, which means that the business makes the same mistakes over and over.

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