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
1.0
Jul 4, 2023

All working in Silos

Recommend
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Pros

Good Work life balance Interesting Characters.

Cons

You get promoted because you have friends in the right position. NR is all about inclusion and hitting targets irrelevant of ability, if you are a woman that's not white you will get promoted to hit statistics irrelevant of competence and this is having a very negative affect on morale and people are doubting their ability which is unfair. There was a major recruitment of Senior Managers 2 or so years ago (and then they froze recruitment) and the company is top heavy with few doers. Senior Managers never get let go only moved around. The Senior Leadership talk alot and deliver little. Its disgusting what senior Managers get paid even when they continually fail. Its a very unhappy, uncomfortable place to work. There is not enough external blood introduced. The pay is pretty poor now relevant to other sectors.

1.0
May 5, 2023

Systemic racism

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working, nice office facilities

Cons

HR departments don’t know anything about basic employment law, they just ask legal. Widespread racism across the organisation that is covered up when reported. The company’s ethics are none existent , anything goes.

2.0
Apr 27, 2023

Life at NR

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Well equipped, and good pay

Cons

Long hours, no set shift patterns and understaffed

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