University of Glasgow Reviews

Current Employee – been working at University of Glasgow full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great career opportunities, interesting colleagues, and great research environment in broader community. Lots of opportunities to link research interests to community groups within Glasgow. Students are bright and often very committed to applied research. Really great learning community.

Cons – pay is not great, very bureaucratic work environment, and there is definitely a self-confidence problem in reference to anything Edinburgh does.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Glasgow part-time for more than a year

Pros – University gives many discounts for their staff (museums, concerts, gym etc), no matter that you are working just a few hours a week

Cons – It does not pay enough to cover the whole cost of the room in the Halls. Sanctuary Management is not a good choice of the University to manage the halls...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at University of Glasgow full-time for less than a year

Pros – cheap gym, swimming, west end

Cons – cliquey, stuffy, management too busy lunching

Advice to Senior Management – train staff!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Glasgow

Pros – the conditions are good but the work is tiresome need more organisation i like the job though good salary

Cons – the job is hard too much commitment , teamwork is good though and the environment perfect.

Advice to Senior Management – they should involve workers more in planning

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at University of Glasgow

Pros – Excellent, world-class and stimulating research environment.

Good facilities and excellent support and guidance from from the research management (although this can be somewhat group dependent - maybe I was lucky).

Typically limited duration contracts, but good once you get on the rolling grants - in my experience, if you're any good, the management will do amazing feats of juggling to keep you regardless of funding problems.

Cons – Limited chance of career advancement in research-only - as normal, to advance, you need to teach and the term time load can be rather high (supervision and not much else) - although some opportunities do exist.

Advice to Senior Management – In general, good job! Keep a eye on the teaching time load to ensure the university can keep its world-class research status. More opportunities for research-only posts (and advancement there) would be welcome (although noted that teaching is the primary function of universities!)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Glasgow

Pros – Good management structure that supports its employees through good communication. Flexible hours and fair consideration of personal commitments. All in all, supportive and encouraging.

Cons – Security and stability of position is becoming an increasing issue due to re-structuring. This had led to feelings of anxiety and despondence, which is threatening the supportive nature of employment.

Advice to Senior Management – Leadership would be improved with more consideration of personal anxieties of staff, who are keen to keep jobs they enjoy but are worried of losing when they believe they are being deemed dispensable.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Glasgow

Pros – Job security is certainly a bonus. There is a relaxed feel to University life and being based in the west end of glasgow is excellent.

Cons – I personally believe that there aren't many opportunities for promotion in the University. Jobs appear to be awarded on factors that are unrelated to performance and ability. I have seen instances of senior management giving promotions to colleagues who they are friendly with rather than colleagues who are very good at their job.

There have been recent issues where senior management have attempted to save money by making unrealistic demands of departments. This has a negative affect on staff morale. The University is quite large and disjointed, when a task requires input from another department completion times increase exponentially.

Advice to Senior Management – The University is a large organisation with roughly 5000 staff and 25000 students. The senior management appear to make decisions based on unrealistic assumptions without much thought for the long term ramifications of change. It appears that on many occaisons management only see numbers on a spreadsheet and not the real cost of their decisions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend