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Leeds City Council job reviews

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  • Best thing

    Being around culture in the city centre

    Worst thing

    Low paid.
    No job progression.
    Short staffed so having to stretch ourselves thin, having to deal with customer complaints because not able to offer the best service as we are short staffed.
    Lack of training and development opportunities
    No infrastructure to be allowed to work from home (as classed as a ‘manual worker’ on some days, even though ‘office workers’ can work from home when, even when they are sick.
    Repetitive and boring work, not able to do everything that the job description says is part of our role.

    7.1

    Leeds City Council Employee, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Non

    Worst thing

    Everything possible managers don’t care about your health or wellbeing. Come up with stupid pointless rules. Managers are obstructing

    3.4

    Leeds City Council Security officer, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Set your own work schedule

    Worst thing

    Not enough hours

    7.8

    Leeds City Council Employee, December 2023

  • Best thing

    It is a safe

    Worst thing

    Managers

    3.9

    Leeds City Council Cleaning supervisor, September 2023

  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    Issues aren’t really dealt with and most things are kept secret

    7.0

    Leeds City Council Employee, August 2023

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  • Best thing

    I work in an excellent team in a technical college and love the fact that my job is different every day. Great holidays - 13 weeks a year - and free parking. When I leave work I leave work, I don’t have things to do at home.

    Worst thing

    Travelling on the M1 into Leeds at the minute is a nightmare! But there are no aspects of my job worthy of complaint.

    9.3

    Leeds City Council Receptionist, April 2023

  • Best thing

    Pay and great people to work with

    8.9

    Leeds City Council Lifeguard, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Left alone to do work

    Worst thing

    Lack of apreceation

    4.6

    Leeds City Council Employee, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Get paid on time

    Worst thing

    The management that don’t know how to run a company. the lack of empathy. The lack of responsibility

    2.6

    Leeds City Council Employee, November 2022

  • Best thing

    The difference I can make to children's learning and personal development

    Worst thing

    The poor wage (pro-rata tto) means you earn very little annually and also there is no real progression.

    7.8

    Leeds City Council Teaching assistant, March 2022

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  • Best thing

    The other staff

    Worst thing

    The pay

    9.6

    Leeds City Council Joiner, March 2022

  • Best thing

    Parents and children

    Worst thing

    Inconsiderate parking, the weather

    8.5

    Leeds City Council Employee, February 2022

  • Best thing

    Term time contract

    Worst thing

    Feel undervalued. No communication. Treat unfairly.

    2.3

    Leeds City Council Teaching assistant, January 2022

  • Best thing

    Working with children

    Worst thing

    Feeling like you can’t do anything right

    3.0

    Leeds City Council Support worker, October 2021

  • Best thing

    Unions have fought for excellent pay and sickness leave conditions.

    Worst thing

    There is petty upstairs/downstairs treatment, zero recognition of skills, and no career progression or training in transferable skills.

    2.7

    Leeds City Council Employee, August 2021

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  • Best thing

    Helping families

    Worst thing

    Not enough staff

    8.7

    Leeds City Council Social worker, July 2021

  • Best thing

    Holidays

    Worst thing

    The surveys, they ask you where you would like to work next academic year and only certain ones get their choices ( always the same people ) No support

    1.1

    Leeds City Council Teaching assistant, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Some of my staff are brilliant, supportive, helpful.

    Worst thing

    Management pressure and to many un necessary meetings.

    1.4

    Leeds City Council Assistant manager, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Hours of work and holidays

    Worst thing

    Don’t always get a break

    9.9

    Leeds City Council Support worker, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Educating children

    Worst thing

    Lack of staff

    4.8

    Leeds City Council Teaching assistant, March 2021

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  • Best thing

    Good team

    Worst thing

    Unsociable hours
    Working with public

    8.2

    Leeds City Council Technician, March 2021

  • Best thing

    It's flexible and not too taxing

    Worst thing

    It can be stressful around payday

    9.7

    Leeds City Council Employee, February 2021

  • Best thing

    Hours,ocation

    Worst thing

    Some staff not pulling their weight

    9.2

    Leeds City Council Higher level teaching assistant, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Perks, hours, job security

    Worst thing

    Stress, poor communication, budget cuts

    6.6

    Leeds City Council Manager on duty, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Working with such lovely staff.

    Worst thing

    worry of catch Covid 19

    6.2

    Leeds City Council Teaching assistant, January 2021

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  • Best thing

    Holidays
    Working with staff

    Worst thing

    Workload

    7.8

    Leeds City Council SKILs Supervisor, January 2021

  • Best thing

    I love my job

    Worst thing

    It’s pro rata

    9.8

    Leeds City Council Teaching assistant, December 2020

  • Best thing

    I know what im doing and can manage myself at times

    Worst thing

    Asb

    8.7

    Leeds City Council Housing officer, September 2020

  • Best thing

    Events
    Socialising with other members of the team

    Worst thing

    Inept and incompetent management
    Antisocial hours

    5.0

    Leeds City Council Technical supervisor, September 2020

  • Best thing

    Variety of tasks

    Worst thing

    Time pressures. Dealing with subordinates

    9.0

    Leeds City Council Assistant superintendent, August 2020

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  • Best thing

    I only work three days a weeek

    Worst thing

    Management
    Pay
    Environment
    Sickness policy

    3.0

    Leeds City Council Admin officer, July 2020

  • Best thing

    My work mates

    Worst thing

    Having to work a sleep in

    6.2

    Leeds City Council Support assistant, July 2020

  • Best thing

    The shift pattern

    Worst thing

    Outdoor working

    9.9

    Leeds City Council Street scene Attendant, February 2020

  • Best thing

    Book my own work

    Worst thing

    Dealing with Tenants

    9.7

    Leeds City Council Joiner, November 2019