UPES Reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(306 total reviews)

77% positive business outlook

UPES has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 306 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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306 reviews
1.0
14 July 2025
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Pros

Timely salary Sat and Sun off Flexible timings

Cons

Confused and lithargic top management (VC, PRO- VC are useless fellows) No decision and clarity till the last minute Inaccurate and faculty processes and orange system. This is the only university that is unable to manage its marks, attendance, and other student data accurately. Requesting the higher authorities (ugc, aiu, etc to please audit the records. They are doing a systematic fraud by using the money for for-profit use. A university in India is meant to be a not -for-profit entity. However, they are using and taking money out through illegal route. They use university resources and infrastructure for shooting the movies and benefiting their other ventures. No increment if you don't publish 5-7 papers. Extreme crunch of infrastructure and resources : faculty seating (pathetic, 50 faculty in a class room), class rooms, wash rooms, parking space, hostel space.

4.0
19 June 2015

good place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

work life balance is effective

Cons

bit monotonous place to stay

1.0
12 Feb 2026

Pathetic ecosystem for faculty

Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful campus with pathetic working ecosystem system

Cons

Lack of Academic Representation: None of the higher authorities come from an academic background, so they do not understand the real challenges that faculty face in the regular teaching-learning process. Unresponsive Leadership: extremely adamant and unwilling to listen to faculty perceptions or acknowledge ongoing infrastructure-related challenges. Insufficient Leave Support: Faculty do not receive adequate support even for personal leaves, such as leave for their own marriage. If there is any urgency at faculty end, first reschedule the class then take leave, otherwise class not taken report will be generated and will be reported to HR. Rescheduleing quota is very limited, have to use the same for funded project task or FDP or on duty tour. Restrictive Class Rescheduling: There are very limited options for class rescheduling. Faculty are forced to use these limited rescheduling slots even for official assignments/tasks that occur during class hours. Quotas Restrict Leave: If a faculty member does not have available rescheduling quota, they are unable to take leave—regardless of the reason. Administrative Burden: Faculty spend excessive time running around for even small administrative tasks due to multiple management hurdles. Unrealistic Expectations: Management expects very high levels of research output from faculty who are already burdened with 16–18 teaching hours per week. Lack of Respect for Faculty: Faculty are not treated as educated intellectuals; instead, they are treated like workers or labourers by the management. Loss of Emotional Attachment: Earlier, faculty were emotionally invested in the organization, but those days are gone, and now there is little extra effort from faculty. Toxic Work Ecosystem: The ecosystem encourages competition among faculty rather than collaboration, so no one works as a team; everyone operates in isolated silos. Token Leadership Roles: Management offers titles such as Associate Dean, Cluster Head, and Program Leader to encourage mid-level leadership without monetary benefits, but these roles come with increased workload and no real decision-making authority. Centralized Decision Making: All decisions have to be approved by the , top management who remain the most inflexible authorities in the organization.

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