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      Network Rail

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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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      3K reviews
      4.0
      Sep 22, 2014

      Constant change

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Large organisation. Many opportunities to learn from other peoples mistakes. Many good and friendly colleagues.

      Cons

      Ensure you join the company at the highest band possible as there is little to no opportunity to progress upwards. Forced ranking on performance reviews ensure that even a top team of 5 people has to have a forced rating of poor performing even when they are not. Constant change is inevitable. All too often new organisational change initiatives are started when the old cycle has not completed yet and no lessons are learnt.

      4.0
      Sep 18, 2014

      Receptionist

      Receptionist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The best thing about working for Network Rail is the sense of family environment. Everyone i have come across has a can do and will do attitude and is so welcoming and friendly

      Cons

      My shifts and sometimes the office culture

      3.0
      Sep 3, 2014

      Big, complex organisation. The best thing is the people

      Human resources manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The majority of people care about the railway and improving experience for rail users, this helps bring people together with a common goal. The people I worked with were fun, engaging and good at their jobs. Given the size of the organisation there is lots of scope to move roles and functions and many, many people do. There are a lot of long serving people at NWR.

      Cons

      As a big organisation it can sometimes be difficult to have your voice heard and change ingrained practice and process. The management team may benefit from finding a mechnism for employees to put their opinions forward - those people who know what needs to change most are those doing the roles every day. There is so much knowledge and ideas out there but they need to find a way to tap into it.

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