I learned so much working here. I was fully supported by my supervisors and team. The team was very friendly and welcoming. It was possible to advance easily within the organisation.

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Redbridge Council is a fun place to work with so many friendly people. Building is modern although doesn't look like it from the outside.

Housing Officer (Current Employee) - Ilford - 20 January 2022

Senior team don't realise that pay needs to go up due to high workload Jobs should be prioritised to existing council staff. Council needs funding.

Pros

Work from home

Cons

Less pay and no jobs come out

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Insights into London Borough of Redbridge

Based on 8 survey responses

What people like

Time and location flexibility
Clear sense of purpose

Areas for improvement

Energising work tasks
Ability to meet personal goals
General feeling of work happiness

Great place to work

Deputy Manager for the hostels (Former Employee) - Redbridge, Greater London - 11 April 2021

5he staff there was very welcoming and supported throughout the time I was there and still today I’m still in contact with the staff that still work there.

Pros

Good support

Cons

Hours was suitable

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excellent work culture

Community Worker (Current Employee) - Lynton house - 23 December 2020

Great place to work. Competent managers, who are very experienced. Lots of freehand in assigned projects which shows staff are respected for the skills they bring. Skill sharing is strongly encouraged and undertaken. Lots of learning. Would strongly recommend working here.

Pros

good management, investment in employees, skill sharing

Cons

departments could be a bit more joined up

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Fun Workplace

Income Recovery Officer (Former Employee) - Ilford, Greater London - 8 September 2020

Multi cultural company, flexible, supportive and friendly environment, team work, good customer service, reliable.Training required, IT systems needs updating.

Pros

Remote working

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Friendly staff and Good Training ground

Management Team Support Officer (Former Employee) - Lynton House, Ilford - 11 June 2020

Working at Redbridge gave me the opportunity to learn new things in my department and this allows me to think of pursuing another career due to the training that I received. The top management does not recognise the staff efforts but the team spirit among the staff was great.

Pros

More exposure on the job role

Cons

Poor facilities

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Nice place

Income Recovery Manager (Current Employee) - Ilford - 26 April 2020

Relaxed atmosphere and nice people to work with. The town centre is busy but there are loads of shops to choose from when going out to lunch. There is a car park close to many of the office buildings, so parking should not be an issue.

Pros

Nice colleagues

Cons

Processes

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Inviting, caring, challenging and fabulous leadership.

Director of Adult Social Services (Former Employee) - Redbridge - 10 March 2020

The London Borough of Redbridge has excellent leadership in both the Chief Executive and Leader of the Council. The balance of formality and informality is good and the support I received was absolutely fabulous. The hardest part of the job was leaving to go home and the most enjoyable was coming into work! There was no typical day, just exciting, challenging and transformational work with a great excellent leader.

Pros

A fabulous learning experience.

Cons

None.

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Good company to work for

Admin Support Officer (Former Employee) - Ilford - 10 March 2020

In the 30 years I worked for the borough, there was very good work ethic, everybody worked as a team. The borough as a whole, whatever department you worked in, was like one big happy family.

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Exciting and relaxed

Place Programme Manager (Former Employee) - Redbridge - 2 March 2020

Redbridge is an exciting place to work with great vision and a desire to improve services for customers and staff. Great support for change from senior management.

Pros

Central location

Cons

None

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Fun and Friendly Environment

Business Support Admin Apprenticeship (Former Employee) - Redbridge - 3 February 2020

LBR is a fun and friendly environment. The people working there were helpful and friendly and were nice to talk to. There can be good days and good days as expected with any job but is definately worth the time.

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welcoming and very helpful

Apprenticeship in business administration (Current Employee) - Ilford - 27 January 2020

welcomed me and taught me many differenct skills. was able to work in different departmetns and was taught by knowledgable people with a very included learning methods.

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love the job

Mobile Security Officer (Former Employee) - Ilford - 28 November 2019

I really enjoyed working for the cash office, because i enjoyed working outside meeting different people then going in to council buildings, schools, leisure centres and libraries. i learnt how to deal was a large amount of cash and how to process it also processing cheques using the whole of Microsoft.

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Good place

Cleansing Operative (Current Employee) - Ilford, Greater London - 26 June 2019

Good place, very nice atmosphere at Redbridge cleansing, and the managers there try to help you all the time. The money is good once you show commitment and dedication!!!

Pros

flexibity

Cons

long hours

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Housing Options Officer (part-time) (Former Employee) - London - 31 May 2019

I do not wish to give an opinion on this forum about my time at London Borough of Redbridge and I do hope you will understand my reasons for declining your offer to rate them.

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Good atmosphere

Cashier and Driver (Former Employee) - London, UK - 7 December 2018

Fun group to work with. Job was made in smal group of people out side in all wether conditions. Emptying Pay & Display machines and collecting and cach in London Borough of Redbridge.

Pros

Good Pension

Cons

Need to work in cold and bad wether outside

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Poor pay, but loyal

Investigation Manager (Former Employee) - Redbridge - 20 August 2018

Not the best paying London Borough but loyal and surprisingly low turnover of staff. Most office jobs now centralised in Ilford. Would be happy to work there again.

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Challenging but exciting

Home Ownership Officer (Former Employee) - Redbridge - 2 April 2018

Dealing with customers who were making their first property investment was an eyeopener. I learnt a lot about government legislation, organising conferences, dealing with complaints as well as service charge queries.

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Working in school suits my family life

Data Officer (Current Employee) - Cleveland Road Primary School - 28 February 2018

Working in a primary school suits my family life. Being a single parent, it is hard to juggle work/personal life as well as studies. Being able to have holidays at the same time as your children is definitely a bonus but am prepared to work full-time now as my children are older.

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Difficult place to work

Parking Operations Manager (Current Employee) - Redbridge - 28 February 2018

The London Borough of Redbridge (LBR) is one of the smaller local authorities within London. It is considerably behind the majority of other boroughs in terms of innovation and development in all areas and this has created a very challenging environment to work in. Due to the previous Chief Executive and his team failing to take appropriate measures when the financial crisis took hold LBR is currently in the process of trying to find savings up to £60,000,000 over the next two years. This contributes to the challenging nature of the workplace environment. Senior Management continue to struggle to get to grips with the best way to guarantee these savings leading to regular changes of direction in policy and priorities making my role particularly uncomfortable. The best of the job for me is the autonomy I have within my role. I am not micro managed and this has allowed me to develop within the role over the years.

Pros

Autonomy within my role

Cons

Current working environment

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Changing Culture

Freelance basis (Former Employee) - Redbridge, MD - 23 February 2018

The organisation is on a journey to be One Brilliant Team. It is appearing to be a very long journey and many employees of all types are finding it very uncomfortable