Derby City Council Employee Reviews

Better than the private sector. Some managers really care, others are totally incompetent and you wonder how they managed to get their job. Good employee benefits.

Pros

Flexible working

Cons

Uncompetitive salary

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Loved working at Carelink

EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICER (Former Employee) - Kedleston Road - 29 April 2023

Loved my time at Carelink at DCC. Never a dull moment. Busy and stressful, but in a good way. Lovely varied duties. Only reason I left was because I didn't want to work nights.

Pros

Free parking, staff kitchen, pleasant environment

Cons

night shifts

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Based on 32 survey responses

What people like

Time and location flexibility
Feeling of personal appreciation
Inclusive work environment

Lovely place

Carer (Current Employee) - Derby, Derbyshire - 10 February 2023

Looked after and respected, pay good, staff team and management lovely, money isn’t to bad, lots of free training, free parking, gym membership discounts,

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Cliquey

Customer Service Adviser (Current Employee) - Derby - 23 November 2022

If your face doesn’t fit, you will have a difficult time there.No support for mental health at all even though literature states there is , it’s just lip service.If you dare to speak up , you are labelled as trouble maker and your job is threatened.Very cliquey and only friends of management get anywhere.Stress of poor management made me ill

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Buzzing place to work at

Mental Health Social Worker (Current Employee) - Corporation street - 3 October 2022

Overall the workplace culture of promoting peer groups is excellent cos 9/10 your don't need a managers advice because among yourselves one will be able to solve your problem

Pros

Offices located in town and have free parking space.

Cons

Easy to sneak for a pub lunch if you are like me who enjoys his food

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Lovely friendly place to work

Care Worker (Current Employee) - Derby City Centre, Derbyshire - 28 September 2022

Everyone so friendly. Pay could definitely be better and pay per millage could also be better. Great place to work, you get a laptop and support and training

Pros

Great place to work

Cons

Pay

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Good

Deputy Manager (Former Employee) - Derby - 12 August 2022

Enjoyed my time at derby City. Public services are a much better environment than the private sector. Better pay, better hours, better support, better pension. Doesn’t feel like it’s all for profit. I would work here again

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Good work ethics

Health Care Assistant (Former Employee) - Derby - 4 June 2022

I loved my time with DCC I worked with them for 25 years and wish at times that I still worked for them I had my most enjoyable work life it fitted in with well when my family were young and I enjoyed various job rolls in the establishment where I work

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Best place I’ve ever worked

Apprentice Plumber and Heating Engineer (Former Employee) - Derby - 2 April 2022

Secure & a great work life balance. Good pay and good pension. Good understanding from management, fantastic support and support from other members of staff too.

Pros

Work life balance

Cons

None

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Vile place to work very cliquey.

Street cleansing (Former Employee) - Derby - 1 March 2022

Street cleansing department run by members of the same family when it's meant to be a public service. If your face fits you will be OK. Foremans of the vans leave you to do all the work and drive around all day especially managers step son. Management go home and take thier dogs for a walk. No support by management if you moan they will give you the most degrading job and be nasty to you. Working mostly in Norminton Derby walking long distances litter picking and having no support. Members of the same management family driving around in the lorry laughing at you. Lazy employees will not help you and laugh at you if you have a long route to. Training is appalling a few hours in a class room at stores road. No parking only for bin men the rest have to park at Chapel Street car park and walk in. Management seem to look after employees living in the Chaddesden area where management live. Say they recognise mental health but in reality they don't give a damm about you, your just a number. Please don't do it to yourself and leave well alone.

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The management at stores road areca joke

Refuse Collector (Former Employee) - Derby - 23 December 2021

I use to enjoy this job but it's gone down hill big time the management at stores road treat you do bad they think they have a right to treat you like kids just because you are a refuses collector and the pay is shocking

Pros

4 days a week Tuesday to Friday dock pay

Cons

Poor pay terrible management

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Excellent employer

INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER (Former Employee) - Remote - 17 December 2021

Really enjoyed working for the Council, great colleagues, friendly environment, fully remote, good working hours. Very flexible about working out of hours. I was also lucky enough to have a good line manager. Can't complaint about any of my time at DCC.

Pros

Flexible about working out of core business hours

Cons

None

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Poor management

HGV Driver class 2 (Current Employee) - Derby - 25 October 2021

Poor managment guys you work with are great, supervisors do nothing allday, and when you finish your own task you have to go and do someone elses. There is a managment bullying culture so please be aware of this.

Pros

Good pension

Cons

Work levels are very high and so is sickness and stress

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Not great

Senior management (Former Employee) - Derby - 29 May 2021

Derby City was a great place to work at one point and was supportive. However it became much worse after senior management changed and it became rather toxic.

Pros

Nothing sadly

Cons

Poor management, lack of support

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Hard work no fun

Taxi Driver (Former Employee) - Derby - 5 May 2021

Have filled in three times for work and never got reply worked for staffline agency that's all the council wants they want reporting bad place because they can get rid of you at anytime when you finish a job they ring you and send you somewhere else the people I worked with are scared of losing their job

Pros

No meals

Cons

Hard work for bad pay

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Good place to work

Care Assistant (Former Employee) - Derby - 21 December 2020

I enjoyed my time at the council and was sad when i had to give up a job which i enjoyed the staff management the culture physically tough having fun

Pros

Brought own lunch

Cons

Hours were tough

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Nice Team but Extremely Poor Management

Call Handler / Emergency Care Responder (Former Employee) - Derby - 26 November 2020

Loved the the staff the clients and the role. However shifts often changed at last minute. Training activities scheduled on days off.Managers often nice but ineffective . High staff turnover which tells you plenty!

Pros

Free parking

Cons

Can’t plan ahead as rota often changed at last minute

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Officer

Principal Officer (Former Employee) - Derby, Derbyshire - 18 October 2020

It doesn't really matter what or how much you do, if your face don't fit you're going nowhere.Its really important to learn this phrase 'YES', say yes to everything, even when you should be saying no.The management tend to be inept, unknowledgeable, naive, and in some cases vindictive, to cover up their own inadequacies and incompetence.At the ground level, there tends to be co-operation. Its management with their empire building, lack of integrity and bias that create the resentment.Nepotism is rife. Promotion and even keeping your job is based on being a mate.If you're not in the in crowd, then forget it.The amount of money that is lost through poor management is staggering. £50 million spent on a project, instead of the initial estimate £9 million, because management wouldn't listen and couldn't even ask sensible questions. Who got blamed, the poor sucker, given the job in the first place. More budget managers than there are people, doing the job!Just a staggeringly bad organisation.

Pros

Work Life balance

Cons

Back biting two faced colleagues. Naive management, with little integrity. No support for people willing to stand up for whats right. Nepotism and bias.

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Productive place to work snd job security

Teaching assistant.midday supervisor. (Current Employee) - Sheltonlock derby carlon avenue - 10 October 2020

Excellent training and job security and pention and regular hours of work .pick up extra work when covering for staff sickness guarantee support from management. And staff if issues arise.excellent job prospects

Pros

Traing included

Cons

None

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Terrible organisation

Officer (Former Employee) - Derby, Derbyshire - 30 July 2020

Treat staff like dirt don’t respect or value there team members and if your face doesn’t fit your out. Salary doesn’t reflect the hard work people put in

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General

childrens practitioner (Current Employee) - Derby, Derbyshire - 13 May 2020

Its a Great company to work with especially with work life balance opportunity works great with parents with. The only thing I don't like about DCC was the salary for apprenticeships.

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