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When Department for Work and Pensions workers have taken our quiz, we will share with you their best things and their worst things about working there.
Colleagues. Some of them
Managers. All of them
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, February 2022
Working from home
Hard to book time off at short notice
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, February 2022
The atmosphere in the office and how the whole team is like a family.
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, February 2022
Flexitime. Working alone. Processing
Slow systems. Too much workload.
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, January 2022
Flexi time to enable me to leave at short notice or do a half day.
They are sympathetic to people with disabilities amd will help you get the right equipment to enable you to do your job effectively.
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, December 2021
Flexible shift
Having to come in 5x a week
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, December 2021
The people I would with
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, November 2021
Able to work Flexitime
Draconian attitudes. Harsh treatment for being sick. Uncaring environment.
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, November 2021
The clients
Online accreditation with no tutor support. Material that is out of date and irrelevant
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, September 2021
The staff are lovely. They have really watched out for me
Long hours and having to pay for parking on min wage
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, September 2021
Working Flexi time. holidays, great line manager, great team
The workload is heavy
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, September 2021
Dealing with public and helping, advising etc.,
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, August 2021
My team mates
Very stressful job, and if we wete private sector would be paid more.
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, June 2021
No work to do. Very bored. In an office on my own.
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, May 2021
Pay
Lack of benefits. Pensions being eroded.
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, April 2021
Being able to help vulnerable people and people struggling financially
System issues and not being able to help vulnerable people and people struggling financially
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, March 2021
Working as part of a team
Department for Work and Pensions Administrator, March 2021
Decent pay, flexible working, good holidays, paid sick leave, good work/life balance
Stress to perform, dealing with difficult customers
Department for Work and Pensions Team leader, March 2021
Flexi time, paid sick, leave special leave, public & privilege days on top of annual leave career breaks / carers leave
At times stressful/ sad Dealing with people who are going through emotional time after divorce separation
Department for Work and Pensions Administration, March 2021
My work colleagues
Pressure by management to meet targeted
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, March 2021
Leave allowance and flexi
Pressure
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, March 2021
The people you work with.
Constant verbal abuse.
Constantly changing processes.
Ratio of 2000 claimants per Case Manager.
Not enough hours in the day.
Department for Work and Pensions Case Manager, March 2021
Flexible working and job security
Poor pay rises, frequent changes to job
Department for Work and Pensions Admin, March 2021
Job security Equal opportunities Good training
Late nights and weekend rota
Department for Work and Pensions Administrator, March 2021
Working hours, family friendly, leave and flexi time.
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, March 2021
Work/life balance
Working till 8pm
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, March 2021
Work colleagues, sick pay, holidays, pay, hours of work, pension
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, March 2021
People I work with. Paid holidays and sick leave
Constant changes.
Department for Work and Pensions Employee, February 2021
Flexi time, holidays, maternity leave, sick pay.
Being on the phone most of the day taking death calls. Some people get away with doing very little for the same pay. Some colleagues are not very good at the job and nothing happens to them.
Department for Work and Pensions Admin officer, February 2021
Flexible working
Public holidays
33 days paid holiday
Customers
Department for Work and Pensions Admin officer, January 2021
Occasional job satisfaction helping someone who really needs the help
Department for Work and Pensions Case manager, December 2020
Flexi hours paid sick leave 27 days holidays
Taking calls from people on benefits who are threatening to take their lives if they dont get benefits
Department for Work and Pensions Care worker, November 2020
The people I work with
The clients
Department for Work and Pensions Administration officer, October 2020
flexible leave.
unfair treatment, other people getting more benefits than you in the same job role.
Department for Work and Pensions Administrative officer, August 2020