Pros
If you want to work in Teesside this organisation is held in high regard and with much affection by many people that live there. Officially the benefits (holidays, hours, flexitime etc.) are good but academic staff get little chance to access these benefits because of excessive pressures of work. This is also the case for many of the administrative staff. Perhaps some parts are good but the School of Science and Engineering was a very dysfucntional place to work.
Cons
Badly understaffed in many key areas, from technician staff through to academics. Inadequate numbers of administrative support staff, unrealistically short deadlines, an endemic culture of bullying, ineffective complaints and grievances procedures and a union (UCU) in the pocket of HR. Very poor at providing meaningful staff development or even allowing staff to attend minimum CPD to maintain professional competence.