Does Dignity Funerals pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Dignity Funerals employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Dignity Funerals. This rating has decreased by 11% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Dignity Funerals?

24% of Dignity Funerals employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Dignity Funerals 2.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.3 for culture and values and 2.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Dignity Funerals?

Funeral Director (28) , Funeral Arranger (18) , Funeral Service Operative (15) , Funeral Service Arranger (12) , Manager (11) , FSO (7) , Business Leader (6) , Content Controller (4) , Funeral Assistant (4) , Administrative (3) , Crematorium Technician (3) , Funeral Director/Embalmer (3) , Funeral Service Crew (3) , Client Services (2) , Cremation Technician (2)

What are the pros of working at Dignity Funerals according to real employee reviews?

"Work with great colleagues who are passionate about what they do." ((in 16 reviews)); "Men and women on the ground are good people." ((in 16 reviews)); "Some of the staff were friendly and helpful" ((in 9 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Dignity Funerals according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay!" ((in 16 reviews)); "Bad managers." ((in 7 reviews)); "Poor salary increases/does not keep up with inflation." ((in 7 reviews)); "Senior management don’t listen & partake in bullying." ((in 7 reviews)); "Those that shut up and don't what they're doing are praised 8. Training is minimal and doesn't allow you to actually do the job and when raised it's as if you're the problem 9. Extremely poor decision making and in the few instances where good decisions are made the execution is pathetic Seriously, no one should work somewhere as awful as this." ((in 6 reviews))

Dignity Funerals Reviews

2.4

24% would recommend to a friend

(215 total reviews)

Zillah Byng - Thorne

27% approve of CEO

20% positive business outlook

Dignity Funerals has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 215 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Dignity Funerals employee rating is 34% below average for employers within the Personal consumer services industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

215 reviews

5.0

7 Jul 2026

Meaningful work with some emotional challenges

Head of region

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Helping Families to Grieve Better Developing Great Teams A sense of doing something meaningful The Branch Teams dedication to helping families The standards of care

Cons

Resistance to the evolution in this important market. Emotionally demanding at times Over interest from the outside when they find out what you do for a job!

5.0

26 Jun 2026

Great time to be joining Dignity

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

A genuinely exciting time to be joining a business with huge potential: - World-class CEO with an absolute focus on delivering a great service for families - Huge, real world impact on families dealing with grief - Massive potential in their new products - Legal Services and Simplicity - Investing heavily into technology and new products

Cons

This is a big, complex business - it needs people who will take ownership and are motivated by driving change at scale.

5.0

17 Apr 2026

Great place

Fso

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great people great place to work

Cons

Nothing really good place to work

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Jobs at Dignity Funerals

Crematorium Assistant

Senior People Partner