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

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
Aug 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and conditions and excellent training. The training was especially good and the attempts to communicate top to bottom were good (but the opposite in bottom to top) . Paid well with good pension

Cons

Upper management have not got a clue. The office based management are in complete ignorance of what is going on. A good example is the Safety guy who never ever left his desk in London, he should have been on site at least for 50% of his time but he worked 9-5 and never visited a site where work was happening. Senior management in general terms were very poor in man management skills and ignorant of what was happening on the ground. They do not allow workers to voice their considerable opinion that would improve things overall

2.0
May 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good experience for starting your career Decent amount of training and exposure across the business

Cons

Labelled as a graduate forever Limited career progression Ok starting salary but pennies in terms of pay rise oppotunities

1.0
Dec 28, 2025

Deep rooted bullying culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working and nice offices

Cons

Racism Disability discrimination Poor leadership Waste public funds

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