Pros
People are brilliant. People in my team and most of the management. A lot of effort is made by the Executive team to listen to staff and to continuously improve things. Most of them are very down to earth and approachable and they care. I raised a longstanding issue with the Acting CEO and it was addressed really well within 24 hours. I said sorry for taking up her time with something quite trivial compared to all the other tasks she has to do. The reply was so nice. Another occasion, time was given up to give me very useful feedback on a paper I submitted. I learned a lot from that and I really appreciated when it was noticed by the Acting CEO office team that I’d acted on the feedback the next time. It made me feel valued and like the effort I made to improve was worth it.
Cons
The pay is not brilliant for the work you have to do but it is very rewarding to feel like you’ve made a difference. Can be exhausting because resources are stretched and regulation can be a thankless task where you please nobody by doing the right thing. Pension is decent so you have to look at the package I guess.
