Ministry of Defence Employer Reviews

you can do a few different jobs in one day.i was near active aircraft and the guys i worked with were great.

job was through an agency, the agency was unorganized and kept changing job role did not know what i was supposed to come the end.

the royal navy is a challanging work enviroment where you have to work in different climates in different parts of the world, i have learnt over the last 12 years the exspected engineering standards requirements to effectivly run systems and equipment to a high availabilty requirment over coming challenges with short or limited availabilty of stores – more... in some circumstances local manufactoring is required to ensure the command has capability of the system at thier disposal – less

typical day at work could be anything from driving within the base or anywhere in the country.ive learned a great deal in this job but with the break down of comunication with management time to move on.the job is not hard to do but time to change.

my day starts at 7am as i prepare to go and teach french and do interpretations french-english

There are many varied issues with serving military personnel, but they are fun to work with. Work starts as soon as you get out of the car and finishes when you get home. There are always people wanting something before their class starts. Many serving armed forces have issues with their deployment and what to expect in war zones. A few of those deployed – more... kept touch asking for advice whilst out of area. It can be difficult to work with military-minded poeple. they work in a completely different way, but I learned from this to be more flexible. My co-workers work and play hard and cope with working with civilians very well. Hardest part of the job is learning that one of your students has been killed whilst deployed. Dealing with this and fellow students is draining. I have enjoyed working in the military environment. – less

The MoD has two type of employees - the self-motivated industrious and the downright bone idle. There are a number of talented individuals within the organisation but be prepared to experience the not so quite industrious - a typical day for them is: arrive, flash computer up, eat breakfast in work time, bit of paper shuffling, bit of internet, gossip – more... about nothing then eat the same lunch, at the same time every day. stretch the lunchbreak out, bit more internet, last paper shuffle and then go home. As for teams go, you could be working at one grade working your socks off while the same grade is doing what is not dissimilar to that described above, so pick your team well depending upon your character. Most of them have been there all there lives, are set in their ways and will probably turn the lights out when its all over. Job security is good - you can even be useless at your job and won't get fired (in fact you'll probably get promoted to move you on). Sick leave is generous - you're on full pay for 6 months so you can have 5 months 30 days off go back for 1 day and sign off again. Annual leave is good. You can work from home as well - especially when you are hungover). good facilities on site - costa coffee so you can spin dits about your colleagues without them overhearing. Smoke breaks plentiful although you will get the shirkers whingeing at you, the same people who gossip for an hour and then complain about your 5 minute smoke break). Flexible working is awesome - you can get smashed the night before turn up at 1300 and go home at 1800 (minimum 5 hour day). you can work till 7pm when every one has gone home and sit on the internet clocking up the hours. All in all give it a try. You will work with some good people and professional forces personnel. Travel is also good if you like that kind of thing - you get a top notch hotel, free food and youi can have several pints to wash it down with at the taxpayers expense. I even went to the US for a week on some irrelevant training course which was a right laugh. happy days – less

Working with the M.O.D meant that i met and worked with people from all over the world and served customers from different works of life and have the opportunity to travel around the world.

Many people work very hard - with few resources, but still get labelled "useless civil servants sitting around drinking cups of tea". I cant say for other departments but the MoD, working with Service personnel, is a high pressure and very good work ethic atmosphere.

This was an enjoyable place to work. It was hard working but a very relaxed atmosphere. The management were excellent and friendly. My co-workers were really easy to get on with

Nice place to work. Wonderful location.
Great on site training

Reported for duty then detailed to a duty for that day, armed foot and mobile patrol duties, and non armed security foot and mobile patrols carried out duty in control room, monitoring entry and exit of authorized personnel being cooped up in the control room was the worst part of the job but any job outside was good even when the weather was inclement.

My typical day at work involves:
Preparing important documents in a timely and secure fashion.
Sending out documents to other government buildings using the set preparation instructions and being very vigilant in what can go in and out of the building.
Franking mail for the post.
Dealing with all the internal mail and ensuring documents get to their – more... destination quickly.
Receiving documents from government buildings and routing them to the correct person in our building.
Attending meetings and writing minutes to pass on to the rest of the team.
Helping out other departments that are short staffed and require extra help.
Change jobs last minute if other important work arises.

I have learnt how to multi-task and work efficiently to deadlines.

The management were fairly difficult to work with at times as they are very set in their ways and have no room for change.

My co workers are very easy to get along with and we are all very good friends.

The hardest part is working with the management as they are very controlling and seem to dislike when you put forward ideas, even if they are to better a situation. Also there is no room to develop further or gain promotion.

The most enjoyable part is the friends that i have made. – less

A typical day at work is answering the phone, deal with people coming in and out of the office everyday with requests whether I had 24 hours or a few weeks to deal with it, general admin, filing and running of the admin office. I have learnt to keep calm in a stressful work enviroment. I have learnt also that I can go to any of my co-workers for help – more... or back up if someone is being difficult to deal with. The hardest part of the job was learning the terminology of the Ministry of Defence. I have to say that I enjoyed the job overall, more so when I had being given such short notice to acheive something and acheived it. – less

Solving both longterm and short term mechanical issues with steam and associated systems fitted onboard Nuclear submarines.

While working in the British Army day to day jobs deferred completely I have undertaken several roles and have learned many different skills.

I have worked in an ammunition inspectorate role in Afghanistan. Ensuring safe storage and licencing of explosive stores.

I have worked heavily in the supply chain, managing small teams of personnel and ensuring – more... KPI's are met.

I often worked with the public as an army reciter in several locations around the UK.

I have found myself involved in the preparation of several major military deployments.

I have undertaken key activities in the Libya deployment ensuring many different items of guided anti ground missiles were serviceable.

For the London Olympic Games I was involved in the inspection and repair of anti-air missiles.

While on numerous active deployments to Afghanistan I was involved heavily in the supply of stock and safe disposal of munitions and weapons.
I have often managed teams of personal on several tasking’s often in as a subject matter expert.

Due to having a technical trade I have regularly worked with senior members of regiments and battle groups ensuring ammunition is in a safe and serviceable condition prior to large major operations being conducted.

I have enjoyed my career in the British army however due to family commitments I am considering a change in career and life style. – less

Good friendly place to work and good Management with flexible working hours 30 days holiday + 10.5 Bank holidays

I did a variety of different jobs within the MoD Police depending on the location I worked at, The priorities of the location and the political climate at the time would help determine where the focus of policing delivery was set. For the majority of the 1980s I was heavily involved in helping maintain national security at RAF/USAAF sites such as Greenham – more... Common, where politically sensitive nuclear weapons were stored and the workforce was made up with foreign nationals in need of protection. During the 1990s I carried out a much more far ranging crime oriented role visiting multiple MoD establishments around the country, in response to criminal activity and community policing reassurance. from 2004 to 2006 I was more involved in intelligence gathering and armed policing. From 2006 until October 2012 when I I finished with the MoD Police, I became a specialist community police officer acting as a family liaison and courts and also took part in delivering road safety and drug awareness packages to schools and families. – less

A typical day would begin with figures/stats from previous day being processed for submission to Supervisors , printing off worklists for day and splitting into sheets for individual colleagues to process throughout the day , prioritising which were to be dealt with urgently.
I learned how to prioritise workloads effectively in order for deadlines to – more... be met , as set by client and also how to deal with staff on more personal issues they might have.
Management of colleagues attendance/sickness and general monitoring of workloads on a daily basis.
Deadlines were set for all queries and work had to be completed in a timely and efficient manner , however there was always a great sense of achievement on helping Personnel with issues and queries and ensuring they were happy with outcome. – less

I worked on many different areas of design while working for Soldier Magazine. It was a small group of people all helping each other to achieve the goal at the end of the month - to get Soldier Magazine monthly publication out every month.

The hardest part of the job was when I became involved with setting up Soldiers website in 1999, but I achieved – more... this goal and it went on to be a successful website. The most enjoyable part of the job was getting other graphics projects while also continuing with magazine and website work on a monthly basis.

Very good employer and allowed to work at home, which I had done for the last 5 years working at home three afternoons a week. Never missing a deadline in all those years. – less