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Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Is this your company?

Not for young and dynamic. Great for archaic turtles. - Lecturer Ngee Ann Polytechnic Employee Review

2.0
22 Feb 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Working hours can SOMETIMES be pretty okay. Not always - depends on what they throw at you to work on. - Minimal control. To the point you're solo from the moment you join. - People are all superficially nice. It's like they're afraid of having an opinion or maybe. sharing it. - There are SOME really great people here, but few and far between. They all sort of die out after a while.

Cons

Good Lord! So many. 1. They don't care about the students. They care about making it seem as if they do. 2. The oldies are just waiting to retire. They don't want change. They don't want to keep up with the times even though student demographics have evolved. They don't want to participate in ANYTHING. They don't care - they can't get fired. 3. Processes are so archaic; it's a joke. There's so much double-handling; if this was in industry, they'd be fired. 4. I've come to realise Polys are 5 years behind everyone. By the time they catch up, it's too late. 5. PAY SUCKS.

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4.0
15 Sept 2018
Anonymous intern
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It was a great experience working with the university.

Cons

No cons throughtout the internship

2.0
6 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Outside look like good school only. Inside, the system under so much pressure, things cracking

Cons

Left because the IS culture was toxic and demoralising. Promotions and recognition didn’t always go to the people who work. It also felt like those who knew how to say the right things, and build the right relationships with leadership got ahead. Visibility and being close to the leader mattered more than doing work. ARPA and timetable management lacked empathy and accountability. Nobody really wanted to take ownership, very unhealthy culture of gossip and wayang. When certain IS individuals were reassigned to special projects at the Ivory Tower from April 2026, showed that relationships matter more than actual work. Whole culture was very discouraging, very wayang.

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