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Anywhere else is better - Manager/Assistant Director/Senior Assistant Director Centre for Liveable Cities Employee Review

1.0
31 Oct 2017
Recommend
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Pros

If you're quiet, you can get away with disappearing all the time.

Cons

CLC is the assisted living home for the career paralysed. You join thinking you'll have overseas opportunities and a broad experience only to realise it's a lie. Those are brochure stuff, it isn't true at all. Management range from selfish to downright abusive. You're expected to give your all for a treadmill-like existence. Routine work is pushed around and the good people who do it are deemed incapable, even when their presence is keeping the company afloat. Expect emotionally volatile bosses who will not hesitate to interrogate you about your social media posts or your social life. You could put in extra hours etc only for management to tell you, you're not good enough simply because they don't like you. You could do the work they tell you to, and then have them ask you why you're doing that. You'll have no idea what else to do. It's a lot like being bullied daily by old hags and senile men. Work here to experience the twilight years of your career. Expect silent tears of resentment and a lifetime of regret.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

None as an intern, as the full-timers really are very friendly and open to bouncing around ideas and challenges. Although the full-time staff seems very overworked.

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