Griffith University Reviews

Very government - people have worked their way up since finishing uni at Griffith and have never worked anywhere else. Lots of people doing nothing - working very little and getting paid lots. Very discouraging for someone who has come on board with lots of external experience wanting to share new ideas and being shut down because "that's not how it's done around here." Culture is very bad in my department - people work very little hours and do a lot of personal projects and work in their work time. They get away with what they can until told otherwise. HR does not enforce a bullying policy and people get away with a lot. Fair work deal with Griffith a lot in QLD compared to other employers. Worst workplace I have EVER worked in. Unprofessional, underpaid and completely demotivating. There's a reason Griffith was called super TAFE.

- too much politics and hubris at the upper levels of management - they don't seemed connected with the actual business of the University. They only care about league tables and their own careers. - too much bureaucracy - feels like an old style public service department - performance management demands are excessive, given that GU is not a top University, and never will be. - no real support for academics teaching students who are "first in family" to attend higher education, and for students who have low ATAR scores and probably should be learning a trade and applying their skills elsewhere. - no proper ongoing review of program content (Medicine, Dentistry, Allied Health (except Social Work), Architecture, Accountancy excluded) which impacts upon what is taught to real students. - too many academic managers trying to keep their jobs and bullying staff. - terrible public transport to Nathan and Logan Campuses.