Police Scotland job reviews

Fair amount of freedom to organise own day and guide team without interference

Amount of administrative work and poor shift pattern

Helping folk

Bosses and public

Working with a wide range of people

Having salary cut.

Always finished on time and good culture

Dealing with repeat issues

Being able to help people and make a difference.

Having to deal with upsetting and distressing situations

Pay, opportunities

Lack of common sense approach

My own work colleagues

Management and the politics of it all

Colleagues, rewards, holidsys

Dealing with stressful incidents

The pay

12 hour shifts and work load and admin duties

The work is interesting and it can also be funny. Team work is good. You get assistance with health & well-being

Workload Comes in spells it's either really busy or quiet.

Job security. Providing service to the community, giving sense of worth.

National management. Expectation that smaller Division should work the same as larger legacy areas. Lack of personnel in certain areas with workload varying.

Team work and sense of providing a good service to the public.

Sometimes just sometimes you get to help someone who deserves to be helped.

No days the same. Job security.

Management. Goals and priorities of the Police service.

Content of work is ok

Management

every day is different and a new challenge
The pay is good
Flexibility to work indoors or outdoors, autonomy

the high level of risk we carry and time pressure

Quite good money

Abuse I take, other staff get away with lots of things and the way people judge you for what you work as