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

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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3K reviews
3.0
May 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

competitive wages & pension schemes

Cons

10 minute job takes a hour due to paperwork? Then you have to waste another hour filling in paperwork explaining why you didn't complete all the work?

4.0
May 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting work, the ability to make a difference, excellent training opportunities, nice re-numeration, sick benefits

Cons

Don't expect to get a discount on leisure travel. Very shallow pyramid on roles template caused by management layers being stripped out means that you may stagnate in the same job because there are not enough layers above you. Going forwards the company is expecting more and more and more from each individual so that you can be spread exceedingly thin.

2.0
May 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

only thing positive is the 75% discount on train season tickets.

Cons

Full of incompetent "managers" with no experience whatsoever. The only reason they get into these positions is through length of service or favouritism. There's so many people in jobs that don't actually have to do any work. All they do is spend their days travelling to meetings and staying at hotels. There's no control over budget and people can travel and stay in hotels at will. The way they squander the taxpayer's money is outrageous! When it comes to trying to move into another role there's so much politics at play. Some poor sod wastes his time preparing and going to an interview, all the while the job has been given to someone else (usually from the same team/department). So many managers are so up themselves it's disgusting and won't give you the time of day. All they're interested in is climbing the career ladder.

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