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 (150) , 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 207 reviews)); "Great for people who want to work part time or get maximum use of paternity/maternity leave." ((in 156 reviews)); "Flexible and good benefits to be had" ((in 143 reviews)); "Pay is good and colleges good" ((in 116 reviews)); "Good salary and overtime rates" ((in 103 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 54 reviews)); "Long hours and mostly nightshift" ((in 48 reviews)); "Some poor leadership." ((in 29 reviews)); "No bonus or pay rise thanks to covid" ((in 28 reviews))

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Network Rail reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(2,596 total reviews)

Jeremy Westlake

77% approve of CEO

52% 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 2,596 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 20, 2009

Network Rail

Track man

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good job oppertuities, lots of progression, job security. Majority of the people kind and helpful and will go out there way to show you somewthing that you may not understand

Cons

Takes a long time the whole interview process so sometimes can take a while to get answers, saying that i have had worse

4.0

Jan 11, 2009

Rewarding, if you can stand the pace.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relative stability and security due to the relationship with funding through the ORR.

Cons

At senior levels, hideous hours, with no expectation of work life balance - 70 hours a week minimum. Painful to get change implemented.

1.0

Sep 5, 2008

Network rail employee leaves review, then leeps from cliffs at Dover

Picop

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working on rail safety is rewarding in itself, network rail has a very dedicated safety team and despite management are very loyal and helpful to each other

Cons

Never really knowing if you will have the same job month by month. Management on the safety side are always looking to load more work onto employees for the same pay, trying to erode conditions of employment. As far as safety is concerned "hairbrained" is all I can say about some of the changes they want to make.

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