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?

"Good work life balance is good" ((in 211 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 147 reviews)); "Pay is good and colleges good" ((in 128 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 52 reviews)); "Long hours and mostly nightshift" ((in 47 reviews)); "Bullying is rife" ((in 32 reviews)); "Some poor leadership." ((in 30 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

5.0

May 26, 2017

Great company to work for

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great holiday package / great people Lovely working environment Excellent pension scheme, especially once you reach 5-year mark.

Cons

Over-cautious in terms of safety within an office environment but understandable to a degree.

3.0

May 19, 2017

Network Rail

Commercial manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Family friendly policy. Depending on your line manager, can make flexible working arrangements - I have never had a problem agreeing this. Healthy approach to work/life balance, which is a benefit for office based workers of working in an organisation which has a large part of its work force working shifts. Being a large organisation with many different functions there is opportunity to move side-ways into new roles which can equip you with new skills and experience.

Cons

The corporate strategy changes very frequently, often contradicting itself. On the one hand there is a lot of focus on the autonomy of the geographic 'routes' which the business is split into and having responsibility devolved to them but the amount of direction and instruction from the centre seems to directly contradict this. The organisation is constantly changing, but not necessarily in a good way - you can expect a fairly significant re-organisation at least every two years and each time it is very disruptive and a huge distraction for everyone involved. It can be a very frustrating place to work, but then I guess, where isn't!

3.0

May 18, 2017

Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Pay, stable working environment and nice people.

Cons

Bit slow and boring sometimes because of the size of company.

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