Health and Safety Executive Employee Reviews

Worked through and agency then was offered full time job, varied work and experience.Good work ethos and Friendly colleagues .Quite a lot of older people working there who seem to know what they are doing but don’t want to help new people.

Pros

Hour lunch

Cons

Can be repeative

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Slow and no chance of progression

Operations Administrator (Current Employee) - Norwich - 28 November 2022

Most days are slow and boring. As for progression within roles it is hard to progress anywhere. The pay is bad and are unable to hire anyone new. Too many staff are undertrained and promotion is near impossible unless someone leaves, retires or dies and then they will still overlook current staff and hire outside or just leave the position vacant.

Pros

Flexitime

Cons

Slow, zero career progression

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Great people but can be stresstful

Inspector (Current Employee) - Cardiff, Cardiff - 10 October 2022

Friendly supportive staff. Work varied and interesting but workload can be stressful particularly when dealing with investigations. Salary reasonable but better available in private sector. Excellent pension.

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Attritional

Anonymous (Former Employee) - Anonymous - 19 August 2022

Staff are only valued, developed, heard in certain parts of the business, if you are an inspector or in a relationship with an inspector, or working with inspectors you can expect to be treated (developed, promoted, engaged with) entirely more positively. This organisation values new members from outside the organisation far more than it does its dedicated existing staff (well they make for better engagement parameters and more positive responses in the peoples survey). It's all about box ticking. Engagement and consultation is largely fake. An organisation that unswervingly follows (moreover cites) the HR rules until it suits them to bend them (for a friend or to satisfy a quota of some description).HSW in HSE is 'textbook' (not in a good way) rather than usefully tailored and driven by the personal ambition/profile building of those in that department rather than an appreciation of the actual need of the workforce.

Pros

Flexible working, supportive colleagues, it might look good on a CV

Cons

Poor progression (unless you're connected), unbearably hierarchical, mock engagement policy (designed to make you go away)

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Enjoyed my worklife at hse

Administrator (Former Employee) - Aberdeen - 9 July 2022

It was a fantastic job and it was really good for a work life balance. The work was varied and there wasnt alot of stress. Thoroughly enjoyed my time there

Pros

Flexible lunch breaks

Cons

Not alot

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Insights into Health and Safety Executive

Based on 7 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Clear sense of purpose
Time and location flexibility

Areas for improvement

Ability to meet personal goals
Energising work tasks
Ability to learn new things

Work life balance is incredible!

Regulatory scientist (Current Employee) - York, North Yorkshire - 20 March 2022

Work life balance is incredible- flexi time means you get all overtime back. Management is really supportive and honest. A fantastic place to work! The only downside is the salary

Pros

Flexi time, great work-life balance, management

Cons

Low salary

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Administrator (Current Employee) - Gloucester, Gloucestershire - 8 February 2022

Nice place good people flexi civil service pay health and safety executive ceo fast paced culture good people friendly able to travel and very nice perks

Pros

Colleagues flexi

Cons

Pay

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Poor management

Band 4 Inspector (Current Employee) - Liverpool - 28 July 2020

Poor management throughout HSE. Lack of support when new to the role. Close ranks when issues reported. The job itself is difficult but interesting. Made some good colleagues

Pros

Decent wage. Exciting job.

Cons

Lack of management support

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poor ineffective management

Technical Support Engineer (Current Employee) - Buxton - 14 July 2020

there is no progression/promotion from one band to the next, to progress one has to apply to any suitable vacancies that are published. Your previous performance is not used as a measure during the recruitment process.... Also there is no incremental pay rises within the various bands... performance us not rewarded.

Pros

relaxed no pressure work/life balance

Cons

poor pay, no promotion options

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Productive, challenging, interesting and rewarding work

Specialist Occupational Health Inspector (Current Employee) - Based in Birmingham England but I'm required to go to all parts of Britain. - 17 April 2020

There is no typical day at work in my role as a Specialist Occupational Health Inspector. It is both varied and diverse and includes attending Court to provide Expert Opinion on criminal cases involving occupational ill health. I am often called on to provide specialist support to my general Inspector colleagues on occupational ill-health issues across a wide range of industries. There is a culture of mutual support between colleagues and a willingness to share information when called upon to do so. My role is very rewarding and diverse, with no two days the same. For instance, I am also responsible for my own investigations, one of which led to a successful prosecution against a company that failed to control exposure to vibrating equipment, thereby exposing its employees to ill health. This has been the most challenging part of my role to date. As a nurse, it is also very rewarding to work with employers and their employees in order to mitigate the risk of developing an occupational related disease by ensuring that the right control measures are in place. The nature of my role also requires me to complete the Regulatory Training Programme. This programme is underwritten by NEBOSH and required me to successfully complete the course. It included a year long theory and practical training and I am very proud of the fact that I achieved an excellent grade in the Legal Examination component of the course.

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Great place to work

Target and Intelligence Officer (Former Employee) - Basingstoke, Hampshire - 29 January 2020

Lovely place to work, nice colleagues, flexible hours, relaxed atmosphere, pension and sick pay. Interesting work.. They really do look after you and have your best interests at heart. Lots of in house training courses. I worked there as an Administrator for fifteen years. I left 2015. Regret it to this day.

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Changing culture

Graphic officer (Former Employee) - Liverpool - 30 April 2018

Once proud and caring employer, now subject to market forces. Working conditions deteriorating, and moral decreasing largely due to top heavy management structure, leading to lack of professional response to core function.

Pros

colleagues

Cons

management

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A great place to work!

Human Resource Administrator (Current Employee) - Bootle, Merseyside - 5 March 2018

Incredibly supportive managers with a real focus on staff development Performance related awards 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service; plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day. Flexible working – great work/life balance Highly competitive pension (21% employer contribution) Cycle to work scheme Childcare vouchers And a range of other employee benefits The opportunity to meet and work with professionals from a wide range of professions including, engineers, doctors, nurses, microbiologists, economists and lawyers, to name but a few

Pros

Work/life balance

Cons

Career progression can be limited in some areas

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Overall a great employer

Regulatory Scientist/Occupational Hygienist (Former Employee) - Bootle, ENG - 24 June 2014

Good place to work! Offer great training and good opportunities.

Pros

salary

Cons

management

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Pressure rising

Inspector (Former Employee) - NORTHAMPTON - 11 April 2013

Review previous inspection ratings or receive an accident/incident notification. Inspect or investigate workplaces.Health and safety legislation.Professional and dedicated.Dealing with injuries and fatalities.Making a work place safer and prosecuting those who did not care about the workforce.

Pros

great induction and refresher training.

Cons

attitudes of some customers.

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Varied and Enjoyable

Administrator (Former Employee) - Manchester - 25 June 2012

Accessing the RIDDOR data base to select and process the incidents which met our criteria, sorting and distributing the mail, collating information from our database to gather visits for the Inspectors, dealing with complaints from Duty Holders and Members of the Public, dealing with Gas Incidents and complaints.All general office duties, filing, faxing, photocopying, data inputting, Assisting my colleagues whenever they needed help. Having a varied and busy work load.

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