Victoria Police Employee Reviews

Moderate - Good place to work good training and development. Some bureaucracy to deal with. Some areas better than others. Overall satisfactory workplace.

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Very fun

Security Officer (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 25 August 2023

not bad really, a lot of activity / engaging with the community and members, academy is dope tho, prob the best experienced I’ve had so far. Wish I could go back

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Toxic workplace

Property / Admin Officer (Current Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 23 June 2023

Toxic, tragic, pathetic pay - worst of all VPS & no care or respect for VPS Employees only Police Members.Vicpol are paid at least 1 level below all other Vic Public Servants, pay does not reflect level of risk ie everyone paid the same regardless of danger & risk

Pros

Helping the public & Police Members

Cons

Pay, stress, lack of respect & support, staff shortages, equipment

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Great

Customer Service (Current Employee) - Geelong VIC - 27 April 2023

Great organisation they kick u out once u have a PTSD rewarding tho I enjoyed it but the PTSD is horrible would go back if I could tbh academy is fun tho

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It’s an organisation that has a corrupt nepotism. Managements overlook their staffs and don’t care about their potentials.

Administrative Support Officer (Current Employee) - Moorabbin VIC - 9 March 2023

VICPOL is a good organisation, it is just that it has got a corruption of nepotism. It needs a bit of reform from the above management to somewhat employ hardworking people who can bring change that the community wanted to see.There are good and hardworking people within the organisation, but nobody cares about them, it’s all about who you knows that works best in this amazing organisation.

Pros

Not too bad

Cons

Corruption of nepotism

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Fair pay for job
Time and location flexibility

If you aren't fully committed, it's not for you

Senior Constable (Former Employee) - Victoria - 26 January 2023

This is a good job for the right people. Though, if you aren't prepared to work overtime sitting in front of a computer, standing on the side of the road or guarding people having a psychiatric crisis at the hospital, then it's not for you. You won't be worn down by the typical things you'd expect like accidents and fatalities. It's dealing with the same people and paperwork everyday with no resolutions. It very quickly becomes a grind when you can't do meaningful work and actually help those who need it

Pros

Good leave and benefits

Cons

Unfulfilling outcomes. Constant scrutiny and tedious processess

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Know the job roll first

Protective Service Officer (Former Employee) - Geelong VIC - 3 October 2022

You need to study what the job is first, it's shift work so there is no work balance life.Remember it's a stressful job and can be in dangerous situations. The pro is that you do help alot of people.

Pros

Meet good people and the pay is ok.

Cons

No work family balance and alot of work stress

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Inconsistent management and poor processes

Project Officer (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 8 August 2022

The work can be really rewarding, but I found that it’s an uphill battle to implement meaningful change which can be a bit disheartening. The organisation’s hr and corporate support are also very old school and there are regular recruitment freezes.There is a good approach to team work and collaboration but it’s typically in silos which makes high impact work difficult. I also found staff are often treated as replaceable and flexible work is only supported on the basis of childcare needs. Hopefully this changes over time.

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Decent and rewarding

Forensic caseworker (Current Employee) - Macleod VIC - 25 July 2022

Good place to work and rewarding if you put in the extra effort. Decent pay for the work. However, there are moments of high pressure where you have to be be at your peak to perform. There is little room for error.

Cons

Difficult to advance

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Decent place to work

Project officer (Former Employee) - Melbourne - 24 June 2022

Good people who care about what they do. Access to a Challenging variety of work but long career stints are generally required to move ahead and across

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Loved my time at VicPol

Acting VPS3 Team Leader (Former Employee) - VPC - 3 March 2022

Work was a family for me. One office I worked at was not so great but my last decade was excellent. My managers were very supportive when my daughter was diagnosed with cancer and enabled me to be more flexible with my work/life balance. Without my work family I don’t know how I would’ve survived that period of my life

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Absolutely love the job! Such a unique wonderful environment!

Property Officer (Current Employee) - Western Victoria - 18 February 2022

I worked at Victoria Police before and came back 7 years later! I loved it that much and am very happy to be part of a special family! Very nice people to work with in a relaxed environment

Pros

Good pay great culture unique environment good people

Cons

Very slow to get any changes done

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Toxic job for your own good be prepared to get shafted

Police Officer (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 14 January 2022

I've worked for Victoria Police for several years. I think the job itself could be good but I think the organisation is a mess. Clunky outdated processes that take up for too much time and are repeated for little reason. Ancient technology and programs. Be prepared for a mound of paperwork and not be given the time to do it. Never have enough resources and work harder for no benefit. Worst part is when you start out you are likely to be forced to work far from home and be stuck with no work life balance for several years until you can escape uniform Policing. Getting a Diploma as part of work is neat and you meet some good people. The leave is pretty good and once you've suffered for several years the money gets alright. But I think the bad outweighs the good but like a lot of people in the job you feel stuck and can't get out.

Pros

Discounts, diploma of Policing

Cons

Soulless management, shift work, long commutes, bad culture

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It’s not a bad job. Just glad to be out

Leading Senior Constable (Former Employee) - Victoria - 28 September 2021

Work- place culture is shocking. Managers are untrained. They still have jobs for mates. Their HR skills are shocking. They are untrained managers who are sitting on promotion interviews. Some of the HR staff were also way out of their depth.

Pros

Managers have no proper training

Cons

Shift work

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Outdated workplace practices and toxic dictatorial culture.

Sergeant of Police (Former Employee) - Regional Victoria - 3 July 2021

Working for this organisation at a middle management level I got to see both ends of the spectrum. To obtain advancement in this career you must be a “yes” person and not challenge any idea or suggestion by senior management. They talk about flexibility, culture and welfare, however it stops there. Many managers are more interested in feathering their nests than the welfare or development of their people.The technology used is antiquated and paper based at best, where fax machines are still part of daily life. If you challenge the system or decision even when it’s wrong or immoral expect to be ostracised and seen as a whiner, all because you just don’t say yes and just agree. It’s a job that attracts ego and unfortunately it’s the egos and minorities that get promotion rather than on merit. I know many employees only stay in the job simply because of the good leave and super entitlements. To be that’s not enough. You need to be happy at work.

Pros

Superannuation and leave entitlements

Cons

Lack of flexibility, bullying culture, non adherence to the Fair work act, limited opportunities, shift work often destroys a good work life balance.

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Terrible organisation that treats its people incredibly poorly

Police Officer (Former Employee) - Sunbury VIC - 30 June 2021

Don’t ever join. This is an organisation full of individuals who destroy the lives and careers of their own staff. Staff are treated like a number and there is absolutely no care for the welfare by senior management.

Pros

Leave entitlements

Cons

Management

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Ever evolving and growing

Assessment Officer (Former Employee) - Mount Waverley VIC - 26 March 2021

Excellent engagement tendencies to compare though with sworn roles and unsworn though could be doing same function. Police doing secondments not familiar in dealing with unsworn staff employees tend to relate everything to working from a station.

Pros

Great team work

Cons

Us and them culture Sworn versus Unsworn

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Reconsider your options

Human Resources Officer (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 7 March 2021

the good things:Work / Life balance, job flexibility (in some areas), solid VPS Enterprise Agreement, meaningful purpose to assist in community safety.the challenges:Culture:Stagnant workforce, overall culture is resistant to change of any type, Inexperienced and incompetent staff are promoted into managerial positions based on their tenure and formed friendships in the organisation, lack of internal mobility and opportunities (for corporate / VPS staff). Innovation:Holistically, the company is slow to adapt to modern workplace practices including technology and Innovation. Most areas rely heavily on out of date paper-based processes and duplication of work. CollaborationLack of collaboration with other business units due to a 'silo' mentality.

Pros

work / life balance and flexibility

Cons

Poor culture, stagnant workforce, and lack of modern workplace practices

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Could be a great job but sadly it isn't.

Senior Constable (Former Employee) - Wodonga VIC - 2 March 2021

Spend most of your day being a mental health clinician or marriage counsellor. Extremely poor management. Promotional system needs an overhaul and culture is toxic

Pros

Job security

Cons

No support

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I enjoyed my time with Victoria Police

Contract Applications Analyst/Programmer (Former Employee) - World Trade Centre VIC - 15 July 2020

The team was very friendly, approachable and easy to work with. The other departments were also very helpful. I enjoyed my time with Victoria Police.

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Awful - avoid

Covert Operations (Former Employee) - St Kilda Road VIC - 14 July 2020

High-level job but low-level pay. Nothing good to say about this place. Perhaps the organisation as a whole is better, but where I worked was horrendous.