Pros
I have never worked for a company which respect work/life balance so much. The maternity package is incredible and the support they give to working mothers I have never experienced before. There is room for promotion and they are very supportive of training and growth. Since covid, they support hybrid working between the office and home which is also very convenient for work/life balance.
Cons
The internal politics is tiresome and the biggest blocker to any project. They work in waterfall and as such projects are long and often abandoned before completion. The systems are dated and very restrictive. Because they’re government funded, although Network Rail have long term plans to improve their data and technology, the government have no interest is supporting the long term goals because of the risk elections bring. As such, funding is given and pulled on a regular basis and re-organisations also happen every few years as a result. There are far too many Band 1 and 2s and they very much look after their own. This wastes a lot of money on unnecessary wages which leaves wages low for the safety critical roles and the roles that operationally run the railway.