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Middlesbrough Council Reviews

3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)
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Chris Cooke

43% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Middlesbrough Council has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Middlesbrough Council employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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38 reviews
1.0
23 Oct 2024

Rife with cronyism

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Pros

Good depts. are fine to work in but other depts. have a huge amount of cronyism where capable staff have no future unless 'favoured'. Most frontline staff are good, solid workers and a pleasure to work alongside.

Cons

Cronyism and having to work with 'favoured' people promoted into jobs they cannot do and having to carry them and do their work yourself, knowing you will never even be recogised for doing that.

1.0
3 Sept 2021

Awful awful awful

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Pros

So awful I can’t think of anything positive.

Cons

Toxic work culture. No support. Over promoted managers without enough skill to do their jobs. Boys network at the top. Blame culture. Lots of positive words about culture- none followed through. Hypocritical and nasty

1.0
14 Nov 2025
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Pros

Sick pay (you’ll need it trust me) Wage is ok

Cons

I’ll keep it simple- you progress not by merit but by brown nosing and kissing bum. Management think they’re the mafia and If you go against them with logic they will find a way to push you out. Expected to do more and more with less and less time to the cost of your mental health and to the at risk client group we serve. If I was in need of substance use treatment- AVOID like the plague- you will be passed pillar to post due to mismanagement and made to jump through hoops whilst at your lowest ebb. The caseworkers do not want to do this hence the high turnover so don’t take it out on them, take it out on managers. If you want to get into the substance use work world, AVOID Boro council at all cost and go to somewhere with more heart.

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