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
Jul 14, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary and reasonable hours

Cons

Promotion depends on who you know or how easy you are to manipulate

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Network Rail Response
5y
Thank you for your honest review. We were really concerned to see your comments about nepotism and work to recruit and promote with fairness and transparency. I can provide you with details of 'Speak Out' which is our confidential reporting service run on our behalf by an independent company. You can use the service to report concerns, suspicions or knowledge of wrongdoing taking place at Network Rail. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and you can make a report anonymously, if you wish. You can access Speak Out by calling 0808 143 0100 or online at www.intouchfeedback.com/networkrail Thanks again for your review.
1.0
Nov 7, 2019

Deceptive

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good holidays & sick pay.

Cons

Lots of internal bullying & intimidation, people are promoted because of who they know not what know, management try to tell you how to do your job yet never done it or experienced in it themselves, don’t follow through with the support that supposedly exists, spend a lot of time away from home - no work life balance, stuck in hotels with minimal social life and food is repetitive.

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Network Rail Response
5y
Hi and thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We were really concerned to hear about your experience and we'd really appreciate if you could share this with 'Speak Out', a confidential reporting service run on our behalf by an independent company. You can use the service to report concerns, suspicions or knowledge of wrongdoing taking place at Network Rail. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and you can make a report anonymously, if you wish. You can access Speak Out by calling 0808 143 0100 or online at www.intouchfeedback.com/networkrail Thanks again for your review. I've also provided a link to our 'Everyone Matters' strategy to share our vision on becoming an open, diverse and inclusive organisation, across the organisation. https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/diversity-and-inclusion/everyone-strategy/ Please do use the speak out line, and thank you again for sharing your experience.
1.0
Jan 29, 2019

Worker

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company with plenty of prospects

Cons

Corrupt, its who you know...

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Network Rail Response
5y
Hi and thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We were really concerned to read your comments and we'd really appreciate if you could share this with 'Speak Out', a confidential reporting service run on our behalf by an independent company. You can use the service to report concerns, suspicions or knowledge of wrongdoing taking place at Network Rail. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and you can make a report anonymously, if you wish. You can access Speak Out by calling 0808 143 0100 or online at www.intouchfeedback.com/networkrail Thanks again for your review. Please do use the speak out line, and thank you again for sharing your experience.
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