University of Reading Malaysia
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    61%
    Employees recommend this employer to friends
    Work/Life balance
    3.8(18 ratings)
    Career development
    3.2(18 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.3(18 ratings)
    Management
    3.1(18 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.7(18 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    2.0(1 ratings)
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    2.0
    Recruitment Role
    Oct 2024
    Johor Bahru Johor
    Good university but challenging to work here.
    The good thingsfree parking. safe environment.
    The challengespayroll did not match with workload. all staff getting same (low) annual increment regardless performing or not.
    4 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Career Officer
    Feb 2023
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Great team work. Colleagues are very helpful to guide us when we need help.
    The good thingsWork culture, team work
    The challengesMore training would be good
    5.0
    staff
    Jan 2023
    Memorable experience
    The good thingsTeam spirit, work life balance, suppotive HOD
    The challengesBalancing between UK and Malaysian education systems
    5.0
    Administrator
    Nov 2022
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Recommended Place to Work
    The good thingsfriendly working environment, with a good offered package, & work-life balance
    The challengesto deal with difficult people,
    2.0
    academic
    Feb 2020
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    incompetent management team at the branch campus
    The good thingsnice campus at Educity at Iskandar BUT heavily under utilized.
    The challengesno vision, no direction, no drive. Couldn't care less attitude of the management to the academic staff. Worst than the typical Malaysian civil servants.
    1.0
    Executive
    Jul 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Good stepping stone, never go beyond that
    The good thingsUsed to be a good university with a great community of staffs
    The challengesTop management never listen to suggestions/ideas given by anyone Top management team is not from business background. They don't understand how to run a proper business plan and how to handle employees. No transparency between top management and staffs.
    6 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Lecturer
    Jun 2018
    Great working place
    The good thingsHigh professionalism and trust among colleagues, hence the flexible hours and freedom to work at your own pace as long as you could complete your job before the deadline. Good working culture and many opportunities to grow.
    The challengesGetting to know how all departments works - no clear guidelines for the working process of each departments.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Senior Management
    Apr 2018
    The Best of Both Worlds
    The good thingsThe professionalisme among the academic staff is fantastic. Lean management at various levels mean less bureaucracy to deal with.
    The challengesAdapting to various culture of many different nationalities. But it can be fun and new learning curve as well.
    5.0
    Head of Section
    Apr 2018
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    The Jewel of Educity is Shining like a Twinkling Star!
    The good thingsState of the Art campus with great facilities and amenities that include the overall Educity. The university practices lean management hence less bureaucracy, so to speak. In house teaching & learning training and professional memberships are provided to the academics. So are to the professional services staff. Opportunities for career development is also aplenty.
    The challengesIt is still a small working community and hence you tend to know almost everyone.
    2.0
    staff
    Mar 2018
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Pay is good but....
    The good thingsThe pay is good.
    The challengesStudents. Students are their clientele, what the students reviewed or commented on staff, the admins will accept it without any just cause letter or any chance to prove yourself innocent. Be careful.
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Marketing and Student Recruitment
    Dec 2017
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Multi National Company
    The good thingsMulticultural organisations.
    The challengesLocalizing the standard of procedures from the main campus to Malaysia context.
    5.0
    Executive
    Oct 2017
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Great People Great Environment
    The good things-Up and coming institution -Great colleagues -Open minded top management -Good healthcare benefit for the staffs -Scholarships for those who plan to further their studies (50%) -Great travel incentives -New environment (well planned landscape and building)
    The challengesNeed to break the usual typical Malaysian culture inside the organization
    4.0
    Assistant engineer
    Sep 2017
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    A great place to start and a great place to settle down.
    The good thingsThe good thing here is the professionalism among colleagues. Everybody respect everyone, all things are well managed and according to process flow. Plus, the WiFi is great! We work based on trust and as I said earlier everyone's professionalism is at its finest so the company didn't use the punch card system.
    The challengesCommunication is the key to work here, English is their first language. Make sure to sharpen up your English communication as you will interact with many foreigner either students nor staff. Working hour for this company is 8 am to 5 pm, so for me the only drawback of working here is that you don't get the chance to earn extra money by doing overtime.
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Recruitment
    Sep 2017
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Space to improve
    The good thingsWorking with students
    The challengesThe people, lack of communications
    5.0
    Lecturer
    Mar 2017
    Great
    The good thingsOpportunity and environment.
    The challengesSalary.
    5.0
    Information technology
    Feb 2017
    Iskandar Puteri Johor1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Pleasure of mind
    The good thingsI was given the freedom and a trust to make a decisions at workplace. They are always keep the value of working together.
    The challengesThe big challenges working here is to communicate with the UK teams member where we have to follow their timezone which is eight hours different.
    2.0
    Admin
    Feb 2017
    Average working experience
    The good thingsTime flexibility and benefits
    The challengesWork politics and too many gossip group. No clear job description.
    2.0
    Student Services Department
    Oct 2016
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    overall, the experience is normal (like what u get from other company)
    The good thingsflexible timing, on time salary.
    The challengeswork politics (as you need to be a part of a \"gang\" in order to fit in or you'll be isolated and slandered), no clear role or responsibility being set or explained. more managers than staffs. slow in getting response, emails not being read and assumptions rules.
    1 person found this helpful
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