HomeServe reviews

3.8

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,141 total reviews)

Nick Kasmir

100% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

HomeServe has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,141 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HomeServe employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews
2.0
Nov 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The good thing about working in HPD is your colleagues, every day is a laugh.

Cons

Where to start. When i started at Homeserve for the first few months i loved it. You would go home at the end of each day knowing that you had made a difference, knowing that you helped people who needed it. Now that feeling is gone. Firstly the communications in Homeserve are terrible, you can ask 3 people the process for something and end up with 9 different processes. Changes to processes are not clearly communicated. Nor is the future of HPD. There has been a rumor that the office is closing and moving to another site, and the management has done little to nothing the address this. All we have had is some nonsense about why would we close when we have just painted at a cost of £3000. Homeserve made around £61 Million last year. So their idea of reassuring us is saying "we won't close, we spent 0.005% of our profit on you!" Similar to me going up to a homeless person, giving them 1p and telling them all their problems are sorted. PRogression is almsot nonexistent, there is no where to move in this office, of the last 6 or so people made manager in the time i have been here, 2 of them there was no notice that the role had come available, you just came into the office and they were manager, no notice, no competition. just here they are, accept it. And now they aren't even opening up new roles for application, they are selecting their pool based on whatever criteria they feel like. Even if you do manage to move up a level there are no guarentees, i have seen someone in the office work hard, get promoted to a senior role only for one of the managers decide that it was too hard and them moving the agent back down after a few months. They then decided to put them on the same team so the agent had to work with with the person who effectively took his job. The disconnect between field and office is insane, as agents we have to listen to enigneers complain about their wages whilst knowing that earn more then £10000 more then us, and that's without their bonuses factored in. Can't tell you how good that feels! Information on First aiders in the office is severely out of date, out of the 10 or so people listed, 1 is on maternity, and 3 or 4 have left the business entirely. This has led to weekends where the are no first aides on duty. As i said i used to love working here, now i have to look for reasons to stay.

avatar
HomeServe Response
8y
I am really sorry to hear that you are not enjoying working for HomeServe. And although I don’t agree with a lot of what you’ve said, these are your views and I absolutely respect that. Obviously some of the feedback you have given is of a sensitive nature, in particular the comments around pay, investment and site closures. Not that we have anything to hide, but I don’t believe it is appropriate to respond to these specific points on social media. However, I would welcome a discussion with you on a 121 basis at any time. If you would like to have a conversation please contact me to make the necessary arrangements. The Career Progression Framework is evolving since we launched it 12 months ago. This is to ensure that we can support Advisors through the framework more easily than we do today and take the learning and feedback from the past 12 months. As such, we know where we can make improvements and we have work to do. Given your depth of feeling, I suggest you put yourself forward to work on this initiative when we call out for volunteers. I have been at Homeserve for seven months now and all formal vacancies have been advertised. There have recently been a couple of examples where individuals are asked to ‘step up’ into roles as part of their ongoing development. As and when these roles are formally available, they will be advertised in line with current process. I believe the examples you raise are from a period some time before that. Lastly I would like to respond to your advice to management and comment in regard to feedback being ignored. In the seven months since joining Homeserve, I have not met one leader that doesn’t care passionately about their People and role model our People Promises and I would extend this to the team in Banbury. I will end with my starting position which was: I am keen to listen to your views and respond appropriately so please get in touch so that we can discuss further. Michelle Davidson, Director of Operations Development
1.0
Mar 19, 2018

Fabrications, lies & mistruths

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The HomeServe family, inclusive and all.

Cons

The HomeServe family, hello Nan you have become old and are no longer viable, therefore you must leave the family. Doesn’t happen in a real family does it.

avatar
HomeServe Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I don’t know your exact situation so I'm working in the dark a little but I'll try and address your points. Might be easier if you come and see me. First then, systems. We are investing significantly in new systems so that we can make it easier for our People to get it right for Customers, which will ultimately be better for our business. After all of the time we have spent in all of our communications activity - and you have been here for five years so you've seen some of it at some point - explaining exactly why we are making systems investments, and exactly what they are going to do, I am genuinely disappointed and more than a little bit surprised that you have reached a different conclusion. Second, I don't agree with you that we don't care for our People. Two things I would say to this. All businesses undergo change and it is how they deal with that change that is a measure of them. We have announced some necessary changes recently. It is very hard for the People potentially impacted by these changes but all the way through our focus has been on making it the best it could possibly be for them. I would also say that if we are guilty of anything, particularly in Preston, it is not having better and more honest performance conversations. On bonuses, you are wrong that the are different qualifying rules depending on a person's level in the company. Our management bonus scheme is linked to our objectives, end of. Last, with regard to budget, I'm not sure what the point is you are making, sorry. We want our Customers to claim on their products so they can experience our service. Perhaps if you could explain to me your specific concern then I could understand and respond properly. Again, would be easier if you came to see me or talk to your line manager. We are a business that values feedback and supports transparency. If you don't think that is the case then our confidential whistle blowing hotline is 0800 374 199. Hopefully we can speak. Gareth.
5.0
Oct 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Let's not pretend HomeServe have not had their share of bad press from some mistakes they made in the past. But HomeServe is now easily the best Company I have ever worked for. Their ethic and Customer focus is incredible and whilst there are still some areas that are yet to feel the tidal wave of change, this is a company that has learnt from its mistakes. There are loads of opportunities internally with some really great benefits - not least an Employee policy that covers all staff for home emergencies.

Cons

The wave of change is slow to reach the outer limits of the Company. There are still some members of staff who aren't quite on the bus but as new people join the buiness and the focus continues on the Customer, this will change.

Viewing 13 - 15 of 1,141 Reviews

Glassdoor has 1,258 HomeServe reviews submitted anonymously by HomeServe employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if HomeServe is right for you.