Greater Manchester Police Employee Reviews

What is the best part of working at the company?The staff are mostly friendly but it’s very much related to ranks.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?If you don’t fit the mold things are more difficultWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?The majority of officers are able to work as a team and those bonds can be very strong. Most of your friends will be around the same rank. If you don’t fit the ideal life can be difficult What is a typical day like for you at the company?Every day is different, it’s not often you get to plan things too far ahead.

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There is no job like it.

Researcher (Current Employee) - North Manchester, Greater Manchester - 16 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?There is a wide variety of roles to work in. Each day different and challenging but rewarding at the same time. There is training for all areas of policing, support from managers , annual review systems in place to identify individual needs and scope for promotion. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Shifts can be changed to suit the business need at short notice resulting in cancelled rest days or extended hours of working. The jobs can be emotionally and mentally draining. The workload outweighs the capacity to complete follow up investigation. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?There is a team work mentality. No one gets left to struggle What is a typical day like for you at the company?Unpredictable, busy but challenging

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Insights into Greater Manchester Police

Based on 109 survey responses

What people like

Clear sense of purpose
Ability to learn new things

Areas for improvement

Energising work tasks
Time and location flexibility
Support from manager

Good pay and security, havoc with life and stress

Police Officer (Former Employee) - Greater Manchester - 7 October 2023

Good if you get on a good relief (shift) but the job will throw you under the bus and offer no support at the drop of a hat. Plays havoc with your social life. Supervision no backbone, undermined by senior officers and internal processes, just can't get the job done. Catching criminals is second fiddle to mental health and mopping up other services/societies responsibilities

Pros

Decent pay

Cons

No support

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Not worth the stress

Police Officer (Current Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 19 September 2023

Thought it would be everything I've ever wanted. What a mistake. No support, spend more time sat behind a screen doing paperwork than you are out and about. The workload is crazy, no time to investigate crime. The amount of officers that are leaving is crazy. Retention team are absolutely swamped, and are struggling to retain staff. Job might be good for some people, each to their own but I've tried it and definitely not for me.

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Horrendous

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Oldham, Greater Manchester - 17 September 2023

This is the worse, most underpaid job I have ever had. Some staff are lovely others not so much. GMP should try and get rid of staff that don’t work but it’s seems to protect them more.

Pros

Some nice people

Cons

Internal policy’s

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Unstructured but relaxed

Paralegal (Current Employee) - Greater Manchester - 14 September 2023

Good team and everyone sort of gets along. Don’t expect any kind of training though. I have learnt from seeing and doing. Hot Desking is a thing in the office.

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Good place to work

Staff (Current Employee) - Openshaw - 3 September 2023

Good management, decent number of holidays some good perks including flexi time. Pay isn’t market leading but there is job satisfaction to make up for it.

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Hated this job

Police Officer (Former Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 1 September 2023

Overworked, you are used as a scapegoat. You aren’t given time to do the work you need. Is something gone wrong they don’t take responsibility, you just get the blame. Would strongly discourage anyone considering joining.

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Demoralising and stressful

Police Officer (Former Employee) - Salford, Greater Manchester - 18 July 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?The Diversity of work undertaken dailyWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Poor support from the organisation and work load unmanageable What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Generally a happier environment but extremely stressful What is a typical day like for you at the company?Stressful and workload unmanageable

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Overworked

Police Officer (Current Employee) - West Didsbury, Greater Manchester - 9 June 2023

Workload is extremely high with very little support. Supervision are too overworked themselves to assist with anything. Overall toxic workplace environment.

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Administrator (Current Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 5 June 2023

Good job with nice staff, good pay and pension Supportive teams who always want to help, good leave, flexible working including working from home which is good for any one needing childcare

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Don't bother

Pc (Former Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 23 May 2023

Awful place to work, people leaving in their droves. You are treated like something they stepped in. Same in all areas of the force and all location don't join and get out if you have before it makes you Ill.

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Colleagues

Police Officer (Current Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 22 May 2023

Great colleagues which is subjective but everyone helps each other. Long hours, lots of pressure for stats and other tasks detracting away from core role of the job.

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Job satisfaction

Police Officer (Former Employee) - Greater Manchester - 8 May 2023

My years as a police officer took me to varied jobs, from a cat up a tree ( yes we do get them ).Or to passing on a message to a loved one that a family member had died and becoming the liason officer between the family and the coroners officer.

Pros

Fast cars

Cons

Lots of paperwork

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Changed

Inspector (Former Employee) - Bolton, Greater Manchester - 26 April 2023

The policing role changed from law enforcement over the past decade to one of backfilling gaps in other services such as mental health and social care. Remuneration is poor for the work which is undertaken, this being down to the government’s pay freezes for years and then minuscule raises which has eroded pay by almost 20%.

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Overworked and under appreciated

Police Constable (Current Employee) - Manchester - 15 April 2023

There is no work life balance and you will often finish late. There is a lot of favouritism and if your face doesn’t fit, you don’t have much of a chance. A lot of people’s attitudes are old fashioned and I really didn’t expect that.

Pros

Varied days

Cons

Everything else

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Fast passed

Call Handler (Former Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 11 April 2023

Colleagues amd supervisors become like family. Management could be better, not supportive at all and micro managed alot. To much work given to supervisors so they struggle to offer 1 2 1 support at times.

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Don't do it

POLICE OFFICER (Former Employee) - Manchester - 27 March 2023

Positively discriminate Horrible work culture If your face doesn't fit you are isolated No support from senior staff People say jump and you have to say how high I watched countless people get thrown under the busPeople are always off sick

Pros

None

Cons

No support

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Watch your back

Police Constable (Former Employee) - Manchester - 5 March 2023

Always someone waiting to put the knife in. If you sneeze you're up against it.No matter how much good work you do, if you make the smallest of mistakes which should be coached to improve, you're pushed to the back and forgotten about

Pros

None

Cons

Awful pay, Awful conditions, Awful hours

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Treatment of staff

Retired Police Officer (Former Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 28 January 2023

Senior officers are only interested in advancing their own careers and if you get in the way of that they will destroy your career and if that means family life to then so be it. Never blow the whistle, they will destroy you.

Pros

Great place to work if you're a drone who wont stand up for what is right.

Cons

Selfish, incompentent senior officers.

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Hard work

Police Officer (Current Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 4 January 2023

Hard work, constantly busy. Little time to complete paperwork or develop and investigate your crimes. But staff and supervision are supportive, and the team moral is brilliant.

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