UCSI Group Reviews

I honestly don't know where to begin. Racist hiring policies and practices. Management is not in it for education, but rather money and they make that very, very clear. Lack of curriculum and professional teachers. Poor staff morale, due to management. HR is incompetent and aids accounting in cheating staff of final pay, taxes and pension plans. An extremely high turn over of teachers, and teachers on sick leave frequently, meaning that remaining teachers have to pick up their slack with working extra hours and classes. The UCSI campus in Subang does not feel like a school at all ... it's dingy, old, dirty and cramped. Lack of resources for teachers. Teachers are often scolded for making too many photocopies. School's internet often does not work. Not enough technological resources for teachers and you must provide your own laptop and smartphone and use it for work at the school, as per the contract. So few teaching resources at the school that teachers have had to bring in their own (ie., textbooks, sports equipment) and are not reimbursed by the school. Working hours are much longer than many other international schools in Malaysia. Principal has very little regard for the teachers and instead of firing those who she doesn't see eye to eye with, she makes their lives hell ... until they quit (otherwise it would cost the school money to fire teachers.) Salary isn't competitive. No bonus at the end of the contract. Promised holidays as per the school calendar were shortened with little warning by principal, meanwhile teachers had booked flights and made holiday plans. I could on, but I think I've given a good hint of what to expect from this school. Avoid at all costs.

The location is the worst. It is very isolated which means that you will have to endure living in a very remote area that is far from away from everything. Unless you are a troglodyte then you can survive this place. You will have to face an incompetent MYP coordinator who does not know what to do. End result? You will have to do more work than what is needed because of unnecessary things. No resources given. Books or any form of subscription to an online tool you need in class, it wont get approved. They want to save so much that they cant even afford to give teachers work laptops. The management does not acknowledge the efforts of teachers. This is the first school in my entire career that does not have anything for teachers. No gesture of appreciation. Nothing.