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Network Rail is a railway infrastructure management company. They own and look after most of the UK's railway network.

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Network Rail job reviews

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  • Best thing

    Jobs security

    Worst thing

    Shift, work nights and weekends

    9.2

    Network Rail Employee, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Health and safety

    Worst thing

    Working days

    9.7

    Network Rail Team leader, October 2023

  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    The lack of learning from lessons

    5.5

    Network Rail Employee, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Excellent pay and benefits. Good working hours.

    Worst thing

    Shift work

    9.9

    Network Rail Employee, August 2023

  • Best thing

    I think able to work whenever you want

    Worst thing

    Exhausting

    9.7

    Network Rail Employee, July 2023

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  • Best thing

    Lifestyle and pay

    Worst thing

    Shift work and weekend work

    8.4

    Network Rail Employee, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Good pay, benefits and scope of work.

    Worst thing

    Things take along time to change.

    9.8

    Network Rail Employee, June 2023

  • Best thing

    Not too many positives, can be decent money but you have to work Sundays to get better money

    Worst thing

    Different shifts every week, days, lates and nights and weekends are 12 hours, which is over 14 hours including travelling for me, constantly on your feet all day

    4.1

    Network Rail CSA, May 2023

  • Best thing

    Equality and diversity

    Worst thing

    Working outside in all weathers and uneven ground, everything is heavy

    9.6

    Network Rail Operative, May 2023

  • Best thing

    Enjoyable. Active. Proactive. Engaging. Progress-able

    Worst thing

    Public interactions can be hostile or rude

    9.8

    Network Rail CSA, April 2023

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  • Best thing

    My manager has been very flexible with me working from home when I'm need to be here

    Worst thing

    The traveling

    7.3

    Network Rail Administrator, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Pay, pension, outdoor work.

    Worst thing

    Night hours, lack of facilities, slow training/ role enrichment

    4.1

    Network Rail Technician, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Overtime and Higher grade opportunities. Unionised workforce.

    Worst thing

    Senior managers and HR have little or no interest in safety or worklife balance of track staff, business needs and productivity come first.

    2.6

    Network Rail Team leader, November 2022

  • Worst thing

    Unskilled higher managers making decisions on a job the literally have zero skills in.

    6.4

    Network Rail Technician, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Full sick pay and overtime

    Worst thing

    Mostly nights and bad weather

    9.3

    Network Rail Employee, October 2022

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  • Best thing

    Fellow staff, being outdoors.

    Worst thing

    Management, higher management, incompetent directors & CEO's, terrible pay, inability to safely do the job due to inexperienced management enforcing rules they have no business medaling with.

    1.8

    Network Rail Operative, October 2022

  • Best thing

    The hours

    Worst thing

    The US and them mentality

    7.8

    Network Rail Technician, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Decent pay

    Worst thing

    Stress
    Night working
    Unsociable
    Hard to balance work and home life

    4.9

    Network Rail Team leader, September 2022

  • Best thing

    There isn't. Horrible place to work at the moment. They don't care about their workers and they certainly don't care about their passengers and customers! It's all a big cash grab at the moment.

    Worst thing

    Under payed, over worked. The higher management are all micro managers and treat everyone like kids. They will treat you like slaves. It's all one big witch hunt lately and the more senior workers are being pushed out.

    1.5

    Network Rail Employee, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Working outdoors and being left alone

    Worst thing

    Poor management

    6.7

    Network Rail Technician, July 2022

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  • Best thing

    Progression, training and the team

    Worst thing

    Higher management

    8.2

    Network Rail Team leader, June 2022

  • Best thing

    Decent pay

    Worst thing

    Long hours , highly stressful thankless job.

    7.3

    Network Rail Signaller, May 2022

  • Best thing

    The money

    Worst thing

    Shift work mainly night work and travelling

    7.8

    Network Rail Employee, March 2022

  • Best thing

    Working outdoors

    Worst thing

    Working unsociable hours

    8.7

    Network Rail Technician, March 2022

  • Best thing

    The flexibility and pay

    Worst thing

    The cold weather

    9.4

    Network Rail Technician, February 2022

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  • Best thing

    Doing different thing meet new people

    Worst thing

    Manage

    6.6

    Network Rail Employee, February 2022

  • Best thing

    hours I work

    Worst thing

    lack of management understanding in what job involves

    9.4

    Network Rail Employee, January 2022

  • Best thing

    Free reign to get on with my workload without management breathing down my neck. Proper Breaks, reasonable Wage, good training.

    Worst thing

    Head office haven't got a clue how the front line works and make decisions that massively affect our jobs and hinder us from doing it.

    9.1

    Network Rail Employee, January 2022

  • Best thing

    New challenges every day.
    Don’t have to deal with people.

    Worst thing

    On call

    9.5

    Network Rail Employee, December 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I work with.

    Worst thing

    The politics of railways

    9.4

    Network Rail Signaller, October 2021

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  • Best thing

    Always something different to do and various locations

    Worst thing

    Stress and pressure of the job if something even slightly goes wrong

    9.2

    Network Rail Technician, July 2021

  • Best thing

    Flexibility

    Worst thing

    Senior management and some collegues are bullies, very rude, disrespectful but still make it to the top and nobody does anything about it. Line manager doesn’t care. Too many cooks paid too much at the top and it’s all tax payers money so many highly paid senior managers are not needed they don’t treat lower paid staff well and can be patronizing and disrespectful. Awful I do not recommend. Lots of people are leaving.

    1.2

    Network Rail Manager, June 2021

  • Best thing

    The money and time off

    Worst thing

    Late nights

    10

    Network Rail Engineer, June 2021

  • Best thing

    Working alone. Good pay

    Worst thing

    Not able to take full proper breaks

    9.0

    Network Rail Employee, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Pay

    Worst thing

    Hours and limits put on you

    4.5

    Network Rail Signaller, April 2021

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  • Best thing

    Very challenging job and very technical

    Worst thing

    Having to work so many weekend days and nights

    9.6

    Network Rail Team leader, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Pay, pension, reasonable job security

    Worst thing

    Night shifts

    9.0

    Network Rail Technician, April 2021

  • Best thing

    12 hour shifts and three day weeks with two guaranteed overtime Sunday shifts per month.
    Having a 60 week rota and regular breaks agreed with management

    Worst thing

    Night shift!

    10

    Network Rail Signaller, April 2021

  • Best thing

    The team.

    Worst thing

    Work can be country wide.

    6.1

    Network Rail Employee, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Good pay, good working conditions, good management and a good team

    9.8

    Network Rail Signaller, April 2021

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  • Best thing

    Being part of a national team even though I work on my own at my location and the satisfaction when it all goes to plan .

    Worst thing

    12 hour shifts

    9.2

    Network Rail Signaller, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Good pay and company to work for.

    Worst thing

    Poor middle management

    7.3

    Network Rail Shift manager, February 2021

  • Best thing

    Generally I set my own agenda, things can change at a moments notice but usually there will be an option.

    Worst thing

    Since Covid happened there are some worries about the future.

    9.2

    Network Rail FM Technician, February 2021

  • Best thing

    Salary,people I work with

    Worst thing

    Shifts,management

    7.0

    Network Rail Signaller, February 2021

  • Best thing

    good pay and holidays

    Worst thing

    not enough time and to much office politics

    7.3

    Network Rail Supervisor, February 2021

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  • Best thing

    Flexibility of hours

    Worst thing

    Lack of communication at director level

    9.0

    Network Rail Employee, January 2021

  • Best thing

    The solitude, large periods of quiet, sense of satisfaction about dealing with things clearly.

    Worst thing

    The management treating people differently and unfairly. The change of rosters designed to disadvantage staff.

    6.0

    Network Rail Signaller, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Time off, holiday entitlements, pay and benifits

    Worst thing

    Working weekends, working outside, long hours

    9.7

    Network Rail Employee, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Pay

    Worst thing

    The amount of travel

    7.3

    Network Rail Team leader, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Great pay little work

    Worst thing

    Shifts and xmas working

    2.0

    Network Rail Overhead linesman, December 2020