British Army job reviews

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• Best thing

  Meeting new people and friends

  Worst thing

  Managers, waste of time, bad money, no one cares about you

  3.9

  Vehicle mechanic at the British Army, March 2025

• Best thing

  Half decent pay in regards to your job role

  Worst thing

  Time away, constantly being told your going away last minute

  8.7

  Chef at the British Army, February 2025

• Best thing

  Pay
  Amount of annual leave
  Paid time to do sports, AT etc
  Free medical and dental
  Cheap accommodation

  Worst thing

  Toxic leadership
  Old crusty people in charge
  No room for issues like mental health

  8.5

  Healthcare assistant at the British Army, December 2024

• Best thing

  experience

  Worst thing

  easily prone to injury’s

  7.7

  Electrician at the British Army, October 2024

• Best thing

  Days off

  Worst thing

  My work colleagues

  5.0

  Soldier at the British Army, September 2024

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• Best thing

  Work hours can be not bad sometimes

  Worst thing

  Exercise, planning you life , overtime

  4.8

  Vehicle mechanic at the British Army, May 2024

• Best thing

  The people I work with, the holiday

  Worst thing

  Hard to plan ahead, fastball jobs, a lot of time away over seas.

  2.6

  Infantry at the British Army, March 2024

• Best thing

  Adventue training, fireing a rifle

  Worst thing

  Location, pay, peope in charge, people in gentral, on call 247, disciplinary for everything, inspections, lasy minute decisions,

  4.9

  Soldier at the British Army, March 2024

• Best thing

  The people you work with. Travelling to New places

  Worst thing

  The higher ups. Unable to plan accordingly. Forced Long separation

  8.4

  Electronics technician at the British Army, March 2024

• Best thing

  The occasional opportunity to travel.

  Worst thing

  Last minuet changes, getting shift timings the night before being on shift, have no social life, never left alone even when on leave, next to impossible to book holidays and always stressed when it comes to going away incase called back. Never have working equipment or the right equipment, career failing and no career progression due to management.

  2.0

  Employee at the British Army, January 2024

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• Best thing

  People who I work with

  Worst thing

  Doing 6 full time jobs at a time

  4.8

  HGV driver at the British Army, December 2023

• Best thing

  The people
  Progression

  Worst thing

  Lack of funding
  Lack of opportunities to do the job
  Stress
  Doing more than one person's job

  6.7

  Welder fabricator at the British Army, October 2023

• Best thing

  Extra pay while traveling

  Worst thing

  Management. The people. Living conditions. Almost everything.

  3.4

  Vehicle mechanic at the British Army, September 2023

• Best thing

  The people

  Worst thing

  Not Very flexible

  9.3

  Network engineer at the British Army, September 2023

• Best thing

  Opportunity to play sports

  Worst thing

  The disrespect and lack of care for you as a human

  4.6

  Avionics engineer at the British Army, August 2023

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• Best thing

  Easy money. Good qualifications. Great benefits.

  Worst thing

  Too many higher ups trying to change things that aren’t broken.

  8.0

  Aircraft mechanic at the British Army, August 2023

• Best thing

  Travelling, meeting people and social events

  Worst thing

  Everything gets left to the last minute and there’s a massive lack of communication

  8.3

  Royal engineer at the British Army, August 2023

• Best thing

  Travel and opportunities for sports

  Worst thing

  Last min changes and army first family second

  4.5

  Employee at the British Army, July 2023

• Best thing

  The people you work alongside

  Worst thing

  Management

  6.1

  Mechanic at the British Army, July 2023

• Best thing

  Friends for life and doing sport

  Worst thing

  Stress

  9.6

  Military police at the British Army, July 2023

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• Best thing

  Easy money.

  Worst thing

  The rest of it

  5.5

  Electrician at the British Army, July 2023

• Best thing

  Travel
  Sport
  Experience

  Worst thing

  Expected to work on equipment with no training
  Micro management
  Tasked to do work that is not explained

  6.1

  Network engineer at the British Army, June 2023

• Best thing

  Job opportunities, travel, once in a lifetime experience

  Worst thing

  Away from family, long days, lack of respect

  6.2

  Dog handler at the British Army, June 2023

• Best thing

  Playing football

  Worst thing

  Overworked and underpaid

  3.3

  Plant operator at the British Army, June 2023

• Best thing

  I get paid a salary

  Worst thing

  Over worked, undermanned, doing multiple jobs above my pay grade and have to explain in detail why I book holidays.

  6.7

  Personal trainer at the British Army, May 2023

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• Best thing

  Early finish friday

  Worst thing

  Fast balls to work weekends

  6.2

  Mechanical fitter at the British Army, March 2023

• Best thing

  I’ve got all my licenses

  Worst thing

  Had friends die

  3.3

  Driver at the British Army, December 2022

• Best thing

  Finishing work on friday

  Worst thing

  Coming back on Sunday
  People I work with

  1.5

  HGV driver at the British Army, October 2022

• Best thing

  Getting paid

  Worst thing

  No choice over anything, constant stress and bullying. No idea whats happening until the night before, no incentives to stay.

  2.4

  Employee at the British Army, September 2022

• Best thing

  Getting to meet new people

  Worst thing

  Waking up early

  8.9

  Employee at the British Army, September 2022

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• Best thing

  I get Friday’s off.

  Worst thing

  Jobs worths. Guard.

  7.3

  Vehicle mechanic at the British Army, July 2022

• Best thing

  Range days

  Worst thing

  Short notice for long time away

  2.1

  Rifleman at the British Army, July 2022

• Best thing

  Adventure training and the mates you make along the way

  Worst thing

  When the higher ranks get involved because they’re bored.

  9.0

  Vehicle mechanic at the British Army, June 2022

• Best thing

  Job security, travel

  Worst thing

  Work load, management

  9.4

  Electronics technician at the British Army, May 2022

• Best thing

  Mod discount

  Worst thing

  Hardly any team work
  No one has anyones back
  Managers will turn around n you in a heart beat

  1.2

  Royal engineer at the British Army, February 2022

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• Best thing

  Time off and leave are at the top
  The opportunity to progress and promote and the amount of time you get to play sport and get to do adventure training and travel and see the world while getting paid 24/7 365 days a year

  Worst thing

  Some times you have to deploy to hostile countries

  9.3

  Driver port operator at the British Army, July 2021

• Best thing

  People.
  The job is rewarding

  Worst thing

  The amount of administration

  7.5

  Intelligence officer at the British Army, April 2021

• Best thing

  Travel the world

  Worst thing

  People die

  8.2

  Employee at the British Army, March 2021

• Best thing

  Adventure training, holidays, friends, opportunities

  Worst thing

  Lifestyle. How much control the employer has over every part of my life. Still military in your downtime.

  7.5

  Technician at the British Army, March 2021

• Best thing

  Mates. Sometimes we do cool stuff. Go to different countries

  Worst thing

  Man management. Effective time management. Away from home and kids. Sudden change to working weekends or away

  1.7

  Rifleman at the British Army, March 2021

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• Best thing

  Travel, pay, colleagues

  Worst thing

  Lack of communication , lack of fair treatment by certain line managers, lack of support

  7.1

  Employee at the British Army, February 2021

• Best thing

  Job secu

  Worst thing

  The management and the way it’s run

  1.9

  Welder fabricator at the British Army, February 2021

• Best thing

  Perks that come with the job

  Worst thing

  Long hours

  9.0

  Employee at the British Army, February 2021

• Best thing

  Time off, 38 days paid leave a year, shift work, loads of benefits like cheap housing and all free health and dental etc.

  Worst thing

  Being tired during a night shift, can't really complain too much

  9.8

  Soldier at the British Army, January 2021

• Best thing

  Security

  Worst thing

  Being spoken to with disrespect

  7.3

  Guard at the British Army, January 2021

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• Best thing

  Alot of paid absences.
  Living quarters for immediate family and reduced rent.

  Worst thing

  Potential of being away from home for long period of time.
  Last minute taskings.
  Potential to work late with little notice.

  9.9

  Mechanical engineer at the British Army, January 2021

• Best thing

  Friends
  Work

  Worst thing

  Getting up early

  8.6

  Employee at the British Army, December 2020

• Best thing

  Travel, lots of holidays, financial incentives.

  Worst thing

  Uncertainty, time away from family.

  9.9

  Aircraft technician at the British Army, December 2020

• Best thing

  The pay.

  Worst thing

  There is a lot of bullying, racism, destruction and theft of personal property.

  6.0

  IT manager at the British Army, November 2020

• Best thing

  Play a role in protecting the uk

  Worst thing

  Potential death

  9.9

  Infanteer at the British Army, November 2020