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Business Support Officer (Current Employee) - Bristol - 22 June 2023
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The most useful review selected by Indeedthe 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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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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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
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
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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