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Worst thing
Toxic managers who don’t know what they are doing
Social worker at Local Government Association, February 2025
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Best thing
The front desk and my extra admin roles
Worst thing
Being on the phone and micro management
Customer service at Local Government Association, February 2025
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Best thing
Payed if sick
Worst thing
Over worked under payed
Care assistant at Local Government Association, January 2025
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Best thing
Team spirit
Worst thing
Kept in the dark, subject to last minute changes
Child care officer at Local Government Association, December 2024
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Best thing
Hybrid working
Worst thing
Lack of proper management, planning and communication
IT engineer at Local Government Association, December 2024
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Best thing
Short shifts, good manager
Worst thing
It can get very dramatic with customers, which can cause a physical entourage.
Employee at Local Government Association, December 2024
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Best thing
Working with a lot of various people
Worst thing
Nothing I like it all
College at Local Government Association, November 2024
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Best thing
The children and work colleagues
Worst thing
Management
School cook at Local Government Association, September 2024
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Best thing
Holidays(35 days) paid sick days.
Worst thing
Colleagues not pulling their weight and getting off with it. Uneven balance of staffing. Not taking age into consideration
Operations assistant at Local Government Association, September 2024
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Best thing
Working with children
Worst thing
Low pay
Learning support assistant at Local Government Association, July 2024
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Best thing
Helping families
Worst thing
The low pay
Family support worker at Local Government Association, June 2024
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Best thing
Working with a team that helps make a difference
Worst thing
Poor communication and wrong people as team leaders
Admin assistant at Local Government Association, June 2024
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Best thing
Hybrid working (working from home)
Worst thing
Lack of support, empathy and understanding from manager
Admin officer at Local Government Association, June 2024
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Best thing
The school holidays and satisfaction of teaching
Worst thing
Holiday are very expensive, not enough staff, stress
Teaching assistant at Local Government Association, June 2024
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Best thing
Working from home
Worst thing
Other staff relaying on you for help
Care team coordinator at Local Government Association, April 2024
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Best thing
Engaging with clients
Worst thing
Office politics, lack of understanding from management
Senior support worker at Local Government Association, April 2024
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Best thing
Something different every day
Worst thing
Need to communicate better as a department
Employee at Local Government Association, April 2024
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Best thing
The people, location
Worst thing
Senior management at authority totally unaware of the job spec.. So far removed from spec
Clerical assistant at Local Government Association, March 2024
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Best thing
No 2 days are ever the same
Worst thing
Long hours
Lots of travel
High case loads
Not enough hours in the daySocial worker at Local Government Association, March 2024
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Best thing
Set schedule bank holidays
Worst thing
Stressful, have to adapt a lot to changes, lot of people get promoted leaving short staffed
Case manager at Local Government Association, February 2024
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Best thing
The people I work in my team that care
Worst thing
The lack of respect, constant workload with no respite, no consideration and forced to accept crap conditions
Administrative officer at Local Government Association, January 2024
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Best thing
Unsure
Worst thing
The treatment and low wage
Youth worker at Local Government Association, January 2024
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Best thing
The range of fleet I get to work on, my jobs are varied each day
Worst thing
Working on dirty bin trucks
HGV mechanic at Local Government Association, January 2024
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Best thing
Nice office, people, enjoy the work
Worst thing
Manager
Business support at Local Government Association, January 2024
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Best thing
I love helping the staff
Worst thing
The school yard politics where the staff constantly complaining about each other
Area manager at Local Government Association, December 2023
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Best thing
The children
The area
The joy of seeing a child thriveWorst thing
Being paid pro-rata
Having holidays when most expensive
Long hours unpaidTeaching assistant at Local Government Association, December 2023
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Best thing
The terms and conditions and holidays
Worst thing
The pay
Grounds maintenance operative at Local Government Association, October 2023
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Best thing
The role itself
Worst thing
Overtime, stress of work load, excessive workload,
Social worker at Local Government Association, September 2023
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Best thing
Helping people
Worst thing
Not being listened to
Business support at Local Government Association, July 2023
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Best thing
Close by, great team mates
Worst thing
Long hours, highly stressful
Social worker at Local Government Association, May 2023
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Best thing
Flexibility & good work life balance
Worst thing
Internal politics, micro management, endless gossiping and no natural path of progression
Business support officer at Local Government Association, March 2023
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Best thing
My co-workers
Worst thing
The pressure the service is under
Accommodation officer at Local Government Association, March 2023
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Best thing
Job satisfaction
Worst thing
The stress it gives me
Learning support assistant at Local Government Association, February 2023
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Best thing
Good co workers
Worst thing
Not enough money long shifts no staff constant pressure management becoming more and more ruthless to make the quota
PCSO at Local Government Association, September 2022
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Best thing
Flexibility
Worst thing
Stress, lack of staff, no future of furthering career
Administrator at Local Government Association, August 2022
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Best thing
Helping service users
Worst thing
No career progression, lack of acknowledgment, continually criticism, continually given more work with no
Emergency response officer at Local Government Association, August 2022
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Best thing
The hours. The role changes day to day. The people.
Worst thing
The training
Customer service at Local Government Association, July 2022
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Best thing
The people I work with.
Worst thing
Not having enough time to do what needs to be done during working hours so work is taken home, unpaid for.
Teaching assistant at Local Government Association, May 2022
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Best thing
Helping vulnerable adults to live independently the life they chose.
Worst thing
Pay. An increase of 17p per hour, when bills are going up by the ÂŁ1's. Its a disgrace!
Support worker at Local Government Association, April 2022
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Best thing
Very rewarding working with young children. Hours that suit me.
Worst thing
When sometime people can't work as team players.
High level teaching assistant at Local Government Association, March 2022
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Best thing
Clients
Worst thing
Time with clients and travelling
Care assistant at Local Government Association, March 2022
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Best thing
Children
Worst thing
Lack of compassion after all we are all human
Teaching assistant at Local Government Association, February 2022
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Best thing
Flexible working 5 day week
Worst thing
Pay
Admin officer at Local Government Association, January 2022
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Best thing
4 days and money
Worst thing
Too much work in the time,rubbish managers
Refuse collector at Local Government Association, November 2021
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Best thing
Working on my own
Worst thing
Management
Employee at Local Government Association, November 2021
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Best thing
Enjoy the working with children in class. Good friends at work.
Worst thing
Feel I need to increase my income and training is limited for developing personally.
Teaching assistant at Local Government Association, November 2021
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Best thing
Work is interesting
Worst thing
It's temporary
Administrator at Local Government Association, October 2021
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Best thing
I love working with the other staff
Worst thing
the pay is low
Administration at Local Government Association, October 2021
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Best thing
When public thank and appreciate you.
Worst thing
Workload.
Employee at Local Government Association, October 2021
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Best thing
The holiday entitlement
Worst thing
No communication
No support
Not enough training
Can be isolatingAdministrator at Local Government Association, September 2021