Bristol City Council Employee Reviews

the job is forever changing, the pay is quite poor but the job itself depends on your manager. Flexible work times are a real positive, and are the main advantage of working for the local authority.

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Good job

Youth Worker (Current Employee) - Bristol - 4 December 2023

Good fulfilling job good place to work staff are treated fairly management are very supportive with your mental health would recommend working here !!

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Caretaker (Former Employee) - Bristol - 1 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Day to day Co-workers n good tenants What is the most stressful part about working at the company?The Management set up is set up to make every process as long as possible they only care about money not the city or the staff on the ground What is the work environment and culture like at the company?If you work and do your job will be picked out if your lazy and do the bare minimum your be just fine What is a typical day like for you at the company?Cleaning and dealing with tenants who cant get problems solved by the council

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Very good place to work

Traffic Management Operative (Former Employee) - Bristol - 18 September 2023

Very good place to work and good staff. Give training if you need. Flexible hours.Opportunity for further studies. Good manager and nice place to work

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Good company to work for

Civil Enforcement Officer (Former Employee) - Bristol - 5 July 2023

Pay could be better, benefits good, supervisors and managers helpful so were team mates. Good pension, good holidays. Shift work was okay, not as bad a job as some people think

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Insights into Bristol City Council

Based on 45 survey responses

What people like

Ability to learn new things
Inclusive work environment
Time and location flexibility

Areas for improvement

Energising work tasks
Sense of belonging
Support from manager

Good Place to Work

Administration Assistant (Former Employee) - Bristol - 2 May 2023

Had a good experience working here. Only downside is parking in Bristol City Centre. Unless you use buses or cycle to work don’t apply. They give good support to work life balance.

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Best job in the world most days

Gardener (Former Employee) - Bristol - 16 March 2023

Great job I regret leaving good team the work can be varied so every day is different. The parks are nice to work in all in all a very good place to work.

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Good job

Teacher (Former Employee) - Bristol - 10 February 2023

Enjoyable job. Salary was Ok back then. Good work colleagues and administrative staff. Sometimes payroll forgot to process my pay at the end of the month and it was a real stress getting it sorted out. Overall a recommendable employer.

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Ok place to work

Civil Enforcement Officer (Former Employee) - Bristol - 3 February 2023

Working here was ok. Supervisor was married to boss so got treated like dirt but had to put up with it. Ruined my mental health, shell it’s person I was before joining.

Pros

But back holiday

Cons

Was a traffic warden

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It has its pros and cons

Unit Co-ordinator (Former Employee) - Children's services - 25 January 2023

It has its benefits in regards to great pension, flexible working culture and opportunities to work in a diverse range of roles once you're employed within the Council. But it's disappointing elements are the lack of good project management and change management and planning causing confusion and disruption and waste of time and money. It can be frustrating how slow progress is in innovation and improvement. Pay rises have been consistently low for years until 2022 too so below private industry wage equivalent. Due to dwindling Council budgets there are always the risk of job cuts and service redesigns that put strain on employees to manage increasing workloads.

Pros

Pension and flexible working

Cons

Ever increasing Workloads and inefficiency

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It was good

Community Marshall (Former Employee) - Varied - 22 January 2023

Things changed since I worked there so can't give an accurate review of how it is now.Job was mostly relaxing, training was provided and it wasn't repetative.

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Fast paced stressful environment. Very interesting work.

Senior Housing Officer (Current Employee) - Bristol, Bristol - 11 January 2023

Good job, with lots of variety. Stressful but rewarding at the same time. Good work life balance, Cons : high workloads and targets that are not always realistic.

Pros

Work life balance

Cons

High stress levels

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If you can't do, teach!

Head Teacher (Former Employee) - Bristol - 2 January 2023

I was a teacher for 30 years and loved so many aspects of work in schools but as you progress there is no money for adequate leadership and partnership so there is no support, direction or guidance. Not the council's fault- central government don't fund these organisations adequately...

Pros

Good staff

Cons

Not enough leadership and management roles

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Great people but bullying culture

Administration Officer (Former Employee) - Bristol City Centre, Bristol - 11 December 2022

Many great people and lots of fun projects but there can be a bullying culture and friction between teams that managers don't resolve. Some intransigent older staff who don't want to adapt or change their views and make life difficult for others. Many changes on line management and big cuts comic to the council.

Pros

Flexible working

Cons

Difficult people, bullying

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Great colleagues, poor leadership

Repairs surveyor (Former Employee) - Bristol - 2 December 2022

I enjoyed working with the surveyors on both voids and reactive repairs, all were welcoming and helpful. Like most organisations though too top heavy on management, who didn't care about the work load on those below them, only one of the managers was descent the others were useless & clueless. The surveyors very underapreciated for the great work they do. I hope it has changed for the better now as it could of been a good place to work.

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Work life balance

Transport Officer (Current Employee) - Bristol - 29 September 2022

Great work life balance but salary not competitive with private equivalents. Large gaps of management support and lack of investment in individuals. Can be rewarding.

Pros

Flexible working

Cons

Short staffed in many areas

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Public service: very low pay, extremely understaffed

Officer (Current Employee) - Bristol - 25 September 2022

No practical strategies from management, constant changes at the top, not listened too, political issues at every stage of every decision, too much red tape, too much work, no understanding from senior management

Pros

Flexible working

Cons

Not enough staff too much work no funding

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Council was not doing there job properly

Yard Operative (Former Employee) - Bristol - 15 July 2022

It was Good at first I loved it, then the boss employed his mate then I felt I was being pushed out, never got any more overtime as I felt I was worth more than that, certain boss made me feel uncomfortable, all the diversity corses I went on was a absolutely waste of time

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Efficient

Cleaner (part-time) (Former Employee) - BS3 1SZ - 12 July 2022

Easy to be left to do what needed to be done. Kept on time and out of teachers way and had what was beeded done when needed. People were nice and had nice time there.

Pros

Finished before time can leave early

Cons

Hot days make you sweat alot

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Good environment

Customer service (Former Employee) - Bristol Temple Meads Station, Bristol - 4 July 2022

My time although short, was very insightful I felt that I was appreciated. They made me feel welcome and ensured any special equipment I needed was available.

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Rubbish

Area Caretaker (Former Employee) - Bristol - 20 June 2022

Don’t bother was really excited to be offered a job with Bristol City Council in the caretaking department. Very poorly paid , the job you do is not appreciated at all by your superiors or by the tenants themselves. If you like tidying up after other people and getting abuse with zero support from your Team leader and Coordinator for Rubbish pay then join Bristol City Council. Also the pay was so poor I found myself having to use a Foodbank for the first time in my life.

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