Stirling Council Employee Reviews

Absolutely horrible to work for . Management only look out for themselves . Waste management and public convenience management gives your job to there friends . Council good pay . Otherwise watch your back

Pros

Pay

Cons

Everything else

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Good people. Poor senior management.

Team Leader - Operations (Network) (Former Employee) - Stirling - 15 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Local Authority with fixed conditionsWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Poor strategic planningStaff not provided with appropriate supportBlame culture Expectation that you will work above contracted hours What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Staff not provided with appropriate supportBlame culture Expectation that you will work above contracted hoursWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Hybrid working so could be at home or in office depending on diary. Switched on work devices at 0645 and didn’t switch them off until 22:00 or later.

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Bad working conditions, indifferent leadership

Teacher (Current Employee) - Stirling - 2 October 2023

Stirling is a beautiful place to work however, as a teacher, I would not recommend it. Behaviour in the school is generally bad and goes from constant low level disruption to children constantly leaving the room and on occasion assaulting staff. One member of staff was recently hospitalised by a pupil. School management does little or nothing to prevent this happening in future and thus the next year has the same problems as the last and staff suffer burn out and low morale. Worse, this collecting of traumatised children into a mainstream learning environment does not help any of the children or staff.

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Good In service training

Assistant (Former Employee) - Stirling, Stirlingshire - 16 August 2023

Good training but a lot of temporary contracts. Poor pay for more junior roles but opportunities for paid training. IT a bit slow and needs to be updated.

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Ok for short term

Building dept (Former Employee) - Stirling, Stirlingshire - 17 July 2023

Disorganised, dept never had the correct equipment for the job, vans are at the end of their life.Ordering materials is difficult you either get the wrong stuff of you wait half the day for it.No fire extinguishers in vans or first Aid kits.Very much a get on with it vibe.Best bit of job was the surrounding countryside.

Pros

Nice country side

Cons

Disorganised

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Insights into Stirling Council

Based on 24 survey responses

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Supportive environment
Clear sense of purpose
Time and location flexibility

Cronyism rife, management treat you like children

Multi Skilled Tradesman (Former Employee) - Stirling - 19 April 2023

Worked here for over a decade, was a great place to work until the recent management team came in. Reinstated a bunch of redundant management posts and started promoting family members and friends constantly while not affording opportunities to good hard workers. My team was great on our side but liasing with higher ups was beyond infuriating. Spoken to with a condescending tone and a culture that my opinion would constitute work place bullying. If they develop a problem with you, or you voice an opinion that doesn't align with theirs prepare to be monitored, tracked to within 15 seconds of your breaks and finish time, unrealistic targets with consistently being booked through breaks without appropriate travel time in place.

Pros

Short days

Cons

Management team, lack of opportunity, cronyism, nepotism

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Good team working. Not much opportunity to progress. Good in service training

Learning Support Assistant (Former Employee) - Stirlingshire - 4 April 2023

Good team to work with but sometimes only knew if contract was to be renewed on last day of term. Good in service training . Can be rewarding place to work but term time only pay and contracts .

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Average place to work

Supply Teacher (Former Employee) - Various - 28 January 2023

Average place to work. Some schools better than others. The better the head teacher, the better the school. In general, schools in more deprived areas have more supportive and caring staff than those in more affluent areas.

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Poor work life but good benefits

Payroll Assistant (Former Employee) - Stirling - 27 November 2022

My experience at the council was pretty awful. I was never given work consistently and was always waiting for that work to be given. Whenever i was waiting for that work i was bad mouthed about the fact that i "wasnt doing anything" when in fact it was just that wait? Their systems are very slow and out dated and the amount of manual work is absurd for this day in age. Everything is done manually and is stupidly time consuming. I never felt like i was "part of the team" as i was always kept out of the loop and treated differently because i was new. Some of the team were very warm and welcoming but others treated you like rubbish most of the time. Overall, the mental health awareness in the council is non existant which is just unnacceptable. Overall terrible experience.

Pros

Good pay and pension

Cons

Overbearing, no work life balance and no mental health network

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Job was straight forward

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Stirling - 23 September 2022

Job was straight forward, unfortunately the council has a playground policy grown men acting like children, if they don’t get to go on the beat they want and work with their pals, immaturity among management is bad , as is religious bigotry, worked here as a driver for almost ten years then took redundancy, some decent guys but not many.

Pros

Get to see nice country side on rural beats

Cons

Dealing with management unless you support a certain football team

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Very satisfying job

Teacher of Geography (Former Employee) - Balfron - 10 August 2022

Enjoyed teaching for Stirling council. Pay is ok but job is getting harder. Good if you like being organised and working mainly on your own. Can be stressful at times.

Pros

Job satisfaction

Cons

Poor pay for effort, skill needed and time spent preparing and giving feedback

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Waste services corrupt and worse management I have worked under.

Refuse Collector (Former Employee) - Polmaise , Fallin. - 22 May 2022

Too many relatives in the service who get priority for overtime and holidays and get away with murder. You are classed as a problem if you turn up to work to actually work. Management and personnel have a big drug problem !! Absolutely bewildering how i lasted the time I did. They will fabricate stories to discipline guys who stand up to them . Union just as bad !! If you enjoy working with guys out their faces "crack" on !!

Pros

Shift pattern and hours.

Cons

See above !

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decent job ruined by management

Caretaker/Cleaner (Former Employee) - Stirling - 4 May 2022

completely incompetent management, no real training, maybe 2 hours? left alone to figure everything out, materials rarely ordered in due time when asked for, rude supervisors and threats made to your reference for not doing something they haven't provided materials for during notice period. not to mention multiple people were made to share reusable gloves for certain tasks, not exactly personal protective equipment

Pros

living wage

Cons

incompetent management

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Management need to wake up and get a grip

Janitor/Cleaner (Current Employee) - Stirling - 11 December 2021

No communication within departments. Corupt staff and management they need to get a grip underpaid for work u do can be long hours Travel can be a pain to from job to job and never are u thanked for anything u do

Cons

Long hours

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Avoid

roadman (Former Employee) - springkerse - 20 November 2021

persecution never praise,,always looking for an excuse to reprimand you,fire you so that they can employ someone younger and lesser rate of pay,use to be a great place to work

Pros

finishing time

Cons

starting time

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Do your job

Caretaker (Current Employee) - Various - 28 January 2020

If you do your job, then a pretty good place to work. Can be a long day - core hours are 8.00am to 10.00pm - but management try to ensure that this is not a regular thing.

Pros

Staff discounts

Cons

Long hours

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Fantastic opportunities

Student Learning Assistant (Former Employee) - Port of Menteith - 30 December 2019

If you love working with children, becoming an SLA is the job for you! It's relaxed in terms of how much you want to work, you can be flexible with your days to suit yourself. Always had a great experience with the schools and nurseries i attended and all the staff where welcoming.

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Stirling Council

Land Services Operative (Former Employee) - Fallin - 14 November 2019

I enjoyed my time working for Stirling Council. We had a good team ethic and the pay was good. The location suited me and I really enjoyed the work that we did on a day to day basis. It gave me good experience, Holidays were good also.

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Management appear to be on a different planet and have little understanding of the front line issue and also do not back up there staff.

Area Building Standards Surveyor (Former Employee) - Stirling - 5 November 2019

Problems with the management style within certain departments and the team leaders do not have the knowledge and understanding of the working environment. Most of the team leaders are more interested in pleasing the senior managers and trying to show that everything is wonderful when there is major problem. aaissues to be dea

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Motivated and Positive workplace

ASN Teacher, ASN Outreach, Inclusion Service (Current Employee) - Raploch Community Council, Stirling - 31 August 2019

I love my job. I have an excellent boss who supports me to meet learner's needs with good advice, encouraging autonomy and creativity. For this reason, I feel very valued as a member of the service. I am fortunate to have positive working relationships with all my establishments and the SMT, teachers and SLAs therein. I also really enjoy working with the families of the young people on my case-list, as I keep telling them, 'they are the experts!' and I need to learn from them before I can help! Lastly, and most importantly, I enjoy working with the children on my case-list. Seeing a change for the better that I have helped to provide is definitely the highlight of the role. Supporting families who are grieving loss and/or facing difficult challenges is the hardest part (but oh so important!).

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Fun workplace

Office Assistant (Former Employee) - Stirling - 1 July 2019

Very good work experience and a good insight into what an office like job is like . Staff are are very kind friendly and helpful when it comes to learning the basics of the working lifestyle