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The Pensions Regulator

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Avoid at all costs - Senior Manager The Pensions Regulator Employee Review

1.0
18 Sept 2024
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Pros

Brighton is a lovely city to visit and work in. Take the train if travelling from outside, its impossible to park a car. Buses are excellent

Cons

I left TPR because of the behaviour of newly appointed 'executives'. CEO is an arrogant bully and has created a chaotic mess. Others variously lie to your face, don't communicate (one has never replied to any emails!), boast about work they've not done and focus on themselves rather than the organisation. The work space is a utter disaster. 1000 employees, 300 desks. A booking system that has repeatedly failed. Colleagues are bullied into office attendance, creating an atmosphere of anxious presenteeism. Morale is so bad that staff have been 'encouraged' to join LinkedIn to boost the profile of TPR. Pay is stuck in a rut, way below industry standards. Excuses repeatedly made about 'dealing with government' and 'following proper process' The 'culture and values' of the place used to include team work, flexibility and - even respect and kindness. These have been eroded to the point of irrelevance - now it's every man for himself (women are routinely ignored and talked down to). If you are looking for a job in pensions, opportunities to develop a career or a pleasant, supportive employer, look elsewhere. Chairperson has vanished, presumably due to the embarrassment of appointing a CEO who has no leadership skills. Such a shame. Used to be a great place to work and do important things. Now its' being readied to merge with the FCA (from whence the current CEO of TPR was encourged to leave)

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3.0
8 Oct 2021
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Pros

Used to be a great employer with prospects

Cons

Introductions of banded salary made it impossible for some people to move up without taking a huge financial loss

7
1.0
25 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some fabulous people there who really care about their function and work

Cons

So many. 1. A COO office that condones afternoons spent in the pub where lies, stories and misinformation about colleagues are widely circulated to the gullable and select few. 2. Those who work concientiously are abused for highlighting the incompetence of others. 3. Executive Management fail to action grievances / complaints about members of staff (who often have a record of complaints about them) and acknowledge the toxic work environment and protect those who abuse the system 4. Favouritism - if your face fits, you will get on (regardless of your abilities - the more incompetent you are the better in that respect). 5. Executive Management have no idea on how to act or respect others - there is constant in-fighting and school ground behaviour.

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