Great culture and perks, but technology and pay lag behind - Senior Software Engineer Royal London Employee Review

5.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great working culture, one of many things being a mutual, not chasing profit to please shareholders. Colleagues, in my immediate team anyway, are very helpful and we have great working relationship. As many have stated, 14% contribution from RL to pensions is a definite plus - my last company was only a measly 4%. Flexi time and 50% WFH - agreed with your people leader really helps to balance that work-life time.

Cons

With those great perks comes consequences, as there's no enforcement in place, some colleagues take advantage of flexitime and WFH. Years of over reliance on contract work has created siloed systems creating so much bureaucracy as many do not understand how the existing systems work and when things break, they just put more measures in place rather than fixing the source of the problem. Under investment in technology in the past has seen competitors take market share. We maybe a mutual be we still need to make money from the markets. And of course salary review not keeping up with inflation.

avatar
Royal London Response
2w
Thank you for recognising the great culture and benefits we have here at Royal London. Please speak to your People Leader or Colleague Representative in the first instance if you would like to discuss this further.

Explore other reviews about Royal London

5.0
Sep 17, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lovely place to work Great environment Lots of development options

Cons

For me there are no cons

avatar
Royal London Response
9mo
Thank you for recognising the positive, friendly working environment and great values we have here at Royal London.
1.0
Oct 29, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

the food and the people

Cons

I love this job and the workers

1
avatar
Royal London Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to leave such a positive review and for recognising our great colleagues.
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All