Pros
- actual hybrid working with no weekly Office attendance obligations (while I was there at least)
- strong union presence
- friendly staff and teams
- very family friendly, good parental leave and 5 days a year special leave for those weird 24 hour emergency situations (child sick, dealing with a house flood etc)
- employee assistance programme
- closed over Christmas (extra leave)
- on site car park
- on site cafe
- strong training programme
- strong retention of employees (people move around but don’t often leave overall)
- peaks and troughs workload - super busy april-July, good steady pace otherwise with usually a very quiet December.
- flexi-time
- 35 hours a week
- Local gov pension scheme
- employee social club
- above average annual leave
- on site showers for cycling
- bike storage
Cons
- public transport to sites can be a nightmare
- peaks and troughs workload (good for some not for others)
- exam customer service can be quite emotive over the results period but that is the nature of the work