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 been stable over the past 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?

"Flexible and good benefits to be had" ((in 154 reviews)); "Good people involved in the day" ((in 150 reviews)); "Pay is good and colleges good" ((in 126 reviews)); "Good Pension and leave benefits" ((in 101 reviews)); "Good salary and overtime rates" ((in 100 reviews))

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

"Sometimes poor management and politics" ((in 101 reviews)); "Too many managers A director for just about every word in the English dictionary." ((in 55 reviews)); "Long hours and mostly nightshift" ((in 53 reviews)); "Some poor leadership." ((in 30 reviews)); "No bonus or pay rise thanks to covid" ((in 27 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

(2,608 total reviews)

Jeremy Westlake

75% 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 2,608 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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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

5.0

Sep 27, 2019

Large scale multidisciplinary engineering challenges in any location!

Graduate signalling engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to work on strategically important infrastructure and make a difference Advanced engineering practices and challenges Potential for large scale digital innovation across the sector Space define your own path if you are self starting Above average pay Good work life balance

Cons

Competency framework creates difficulty to gain responsibility early Graduates are not as empowered as they should be Large organisational structure does not support agile thinking

Network Rail Response

Thank you for your detailed review, there are some really useful insights for us.

5.0

Sep 22, 2019

Ticket collectet

Airline ticketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I am very happy to do job rail network

Cons

It is better then other jobs

4.0

Sep 18, 2019

Nice job, great people, great achievements

Head of pmo

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good flexibility to choose how I work

Cons

Too much glory stealing which detracts from goals

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