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Local Government Association job reviews

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  • Worst thing

    Toxic managers who don’t know what they are doing

    1.7

    Social worker at Local Government Association, February 2025

  • Best thing

    The front desk and my extra admin roles

    Worst thing

    Being on the phone and micro management

    4.3

    Customer service at Local Government Association, February 2025

  • Best thing

    Payed if sick

    Worst thing

    Over worked under payed

    7.0

    Care assistant at Local Government Association, January 2025

  • Best thing

    Team spirit

    Worst thing

    Kept in the dark, subject to last minute changes

    2.3

    Child care officer at Local Government Association, December 2024

  • Best thing

    Hybrid working

    Worst thing

    Lack of proper management, planning and communication

    2.6

    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.

    9.8

    Employee at Local Government Association, December 2024

  • Best thing

    Working with a lot of various people

    Worst thing

    Nothing I like it all

    9.9

    College at Local Government Association, November 2024

  • Best thing

    The children and work colleagues

    Worst thing

    Management

    4.9

    School cook at Local Government Association, September 2024

  • 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

    7.1

    Operations assistant at Local Government Association, September 2024

  • Best thing

    Working with children

    Worst thing

    Low pay

    1.5

    Learning support assistant at Local Government Association, July 2024

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  • Best thing

    Helping families

    Worst thing

    The low pay

    8.5

    Family support worker at Local Government Association, June 2024

  • Best thing

    Working with a team that helps make a difference

    Worst thing

    Poor communication and wrong people as team leaders

    4.8

    Admin assistant at Local Government Association, June 2024

  • Best thing

    Hybrid working (working from home)

    Worst thing

    Lack of support, empathy and understanding from manager

    6.7

    Admin officer at Local Government Association, June 2024

  • Best thing

    The school holidays and satisfaction of teaching

    Worst thing

    Holiday are very expensive, not enough staff, stress

    1.4

    Teaching assistant at Local Government Association, June 2024

  • Best thing

    Working from home

    Worst thing

    Other staff relaying on you for help

    6.6

    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

    4.8

    Senior support worker at Local Government Association, April 2024

  • Best thing

    Something different every day

    Worst thing

    Need to communicate better as a department

    9.4

    Employee at Local Government Association, April 2024

  • Best thing

    The people, location

    Worst thing

    Senior management at authority totally unaware of the job spec.. So far removed from spec

    7.7

    Clerical assistant at Local Government Association, March 2024

  • Best thing

    No 2 days are ever the same

    Worst thing

    Long hours
    Lots of travel
    High case loads
    Not enough hours in the day

    3.9

    Social worker at Local Government Association, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Set schedule bank holidays

    Worst thing

    Stressful, have to adapt a lot to changes, lot of people get promoted leaving short staffed

    8.3

    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

    2.6

    Administrative officer at Local Government Association, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Unsure

    Worst thing

    The treatment and low wage

    2.3

    Youth worker at Local Government Association, January 2024

  • Best thing

    The range of fleet I get to work on, my jobs are varied each day

    Worst thing

    Working on dirty bin trucks

    10

    HGV mechanic at Local Government Association, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Nice office, people, enjoy the work

    Worst thing

    Manager

    8.3

    Business support at Local Government Association, January 2024

  • Best thing

    I love helping the staff

    Worst thing

    The school yard politics where the staff constantly complaining about each other

    2.0

    Area manager at Local Government Association, December 2023

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  • Best thing

    The children
    The area
    The joy of seeing a child thrive

    Worst thing

    Being paid pro-rata
    Having holidays when most expensive
    Long hours unpaid

    6.2

    Teaching assistant at Local Government Association, December 2023

  • Best thing

    The terms and conditions and holidays

    Worst thing

    The pay

    9.1

    Grounds maintenance operative at Local Government Association, October 2023

  • Best thing

    The role itself

    Worst thing

    Overtime, stress of work load, excessive workload,

    1.1

    Social worker at Local Government Association, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Helping people

    Worst thing

    Not being listened to

    5.5

    Business support at Local Government Association, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Close by, great team mates

    Worst thing

    Long hours, highly stressful

    8.9

    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

    8.0

    Business support officer at Local Government Association, March 2023

  • Best thing

    My co-workers

    Worst thing

    The pressure the service is under

    3.7

    Accommodation officer at Local Government Association, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Job satisfaction

    Worst thing

    The stress it gives me

    4.8

    Learning support assistant at Local Government Association, February 2023

  • 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

    8.2

    PCSO at Local Government Association, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Flexibility

    Worst thing

    Stress, lack of staff, no future of furthering career

    2.5

    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

    3.0

    Emergency response officer at Local Government Association, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The hours. The role changes day to day. The people.

    Worst thing

    The training

    9.6

    Customer service at Local Government Association, July 2022

  • 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.

    7.8

    Teaching assistant at Local Government Association, May 2022

  • 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!

    7.0

    Support worker at Local Government Association, April 2022

  • Best thing

    Very rewarding working with young children. Hours that suit me.

    Worst thing

    When sometime people can't work as team players.

    10

    High level teaching assistant at Local Government Association, March 2022

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  • Best thing

    Clients

    Worst thing

    Time with clients and travelling

    4.1

    Care assistant at Local Government Association, March 2022

  • Best thing

    Children

    Worst thing

    Lack of compassion after all we are all human

    2.0

    Teaching assistant at Local Government Association, February 2022

  • Best thing

    Flexible working 5 day week

    Worst thing

    Pay

    9.9

    Admin officer at Local Government Association, January 2022

  • Best thing

    4 days and money

    Worst thing

    Too much work in the time,rubbish managers

    3.5

    Refuse collector at Local Government Association, November 2021

  • Best thing

    Working on my own

    Worst thing

    Management

    7.3

    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.

    7.7

    Teaching assistant at Local Government Association, November 2021

  • Best thing

    Work is interesting

    Worst thing

    It's temporary

    8.9

    Administrator at Local Government Association, October 2021

  • Best thing

    I love working with the other staff

    Worst thing

    the pay is low

    9.6

    Administration at Local Government Association, October 2021

  • Best thing

    When public thank and appreciate you.

    Worst thing

    Workload.

    2.7

    Employee at Local Government Association, October 2021

  • Best thing

    The holiday entitlement

    Worst thing

    No communication
    No support
    Not enough training
    Can be isolating

    6.2

    Administrator at Local Government Association, September 2021