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      3.7

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (14,834 total reviews)

      Amanda Pritchard

      64% approve of CEO

      45% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Senior management

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      NHS has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 14,834 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NHS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Salud industry (3.4 stars).

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      15K reviews
      3.0
      Mar 10, 2011

      Creative Freedom, but suffers from Ingrained Bureaucracy

      Ict staff
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Comparitively good salary for a public sector company. - Good staff benefits package. - Creative freedom to do what we feel is best. - Friendly co-workers.

      Cons

      - Hands tied by bureacracy. - Severely outdated computer software/hardware, with seemingly no intention to upgrade. - Management are too focused on "quick wins", which reduces quality of work output. - Non-technical management staff for technical teams makes interaction difficult at times. - Little adherence to established practices and standards. - Engrained anti-progress culture when it requires adaptation.

      2.0
      Aug 12, 2010

      Biomedical science

      Senior biomedical scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      In some cases a feeling of satisfaction when doing the job well. variety of work if in a large pathology epartment.

      Cons

      The hours, Pay structure for out of core hour work is not good compared to private sector. Being taken for granted by senior management. Decisions made at higher levels by management who have no real idea of what goes on at lower levels. Despite what anybody says, the service is driven by budget not patient needs.

      1.0
      May 20, 2009

      Should I stay or should I go?

      Pct manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working with clinicians to make a real difference for patients. The most wonderful feeling in a job in the NHS is when you capture that clinical passion for quality with your drive to succeed, and know that together you've genuinely changed something for the better. It's also fascinating learning about all the different clinical specialities. Tip: use the evidence base and ask practitioners for their views before you start. If you just go in with a set of slides full of management jargon and lots of targets with no explanation, saying "this is what you should do" unsurprisingly, you can actually see people's heels digging into the carpet. Respect people's knowledge, experience and values, and it's amazing what you can do despite political meddling.

      Cons

      It's getting harder and harder to do this (see above comment). Clinicians are getting more and more tired, not just with the avalanche of new 'must dos', but fewer people having to do more work over longer hours often for less money. Seeing endless reorganisations and wheel reinventions. Culture of bullying.

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