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Updated 24 May 2023

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Found 146 of over 206 reviews
3.7
67% Recommend to a Friend
GovHK Chief Executive Carrie Lam
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Found 146 of over 206 reviews

3.7
67%
Recommend to a Friend
0%
Approve of CEO
GovHK Chief Executive Carrie Lam
Carrie Lam
18 Ratings
Pros
  • "High salary and Work life balance(in 16 reviews)

  • "Good working environment and management(in 14 reviews)

  • Cons
  • "Stupid hierarchy, no way to change working environment(in 7 reviews)

  • "Boring Job, no challenge at all(in 5 reviews)

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    Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
    1. 5.0
      Current Employee

      NA

      7 Mar 2023 - Environmental Protection Officer 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great job variety among post

      Cons

      Not applicable to this question.

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    2. 4.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      Comfortable

      24 May 2023 - Executive Assistant 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      colleagues are friendly and helpful; workload is reasonable no significant time pressure stable salary increase

      Cons

      environment too comfortable low efficiency rigid system

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    4. 4.0
      Former Employee

      Civil servants are well paid in hk

      23 Mar 2023 - Health Inspector in Hong Kong
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay and benefits are good.

      Cons

      Lots of complaints and ad-hoc work to handle.

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    5. 4.0
      Current Employee

      Standard Gov. job

      24 Mar 2023 - Manager 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stablize, no need to worried about cutting staff

      Cons

      Low pay, salary is not fine

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    6. 5.0
      Current Employee

      Stable Job

      21 Feb 2023 - Engineer in Hong Kong
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Could rotate to various government departments, providing a full spectrum exposures

      Cons

      Could be boring at times

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    7. 3.0
      Current Employee

      Government

      21 Jan 2023 - Government Affairs 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stable with pay increment annually

      Cons

      Lack of promotion and poor working environment

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    8. 3.0
      Former Employee

      Stable job

      16 Jan 2023 - Executive Officer in Hong Kong
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stable work hours and good pay

      Cons

      Not really interesting work and routine work

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    9. 5.0
      Former Employee, more than 10 years

      Challenging... yet promising

      4 Jan 2023 - Assistant Secretary 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of opportunities to learn and try out various portfolios

      Cons

      Long work hours & demanding at times

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    10. 5.0
      Current Employee

      Review

      26 Oct 2022 - Principal Assistant Secretary in Hong Kong
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stability is good of course

      Cons

      Too stable for a job

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    11. 4.0
      Current Employee, more than 5 years

      AO

      18 Sept 2022 - Administrative Officer in Hong Kong
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stable, secure, usually pay rise every year

      Cons

      Workload depends largely on posting

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    GovHK has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 206 reviews left anonymously by employees. 67% of employees would recommend working at GovHK to a friend and 53% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 8% over the last 12 months.

    According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GovHK employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GovHK. This rating has decreased by -12% over the last 12 months.

    67% of GovHK employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated GovHK 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

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