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Harlene Hayne
18 Ratings
Pros
"Good work environment with friendly people" (in 8 reviews)
"Flexible working hours and personal agency over how to get the job done" (in 4 reviews)
Cons
"Small town; limited job opportunities for certain specialties" (in 3 reviews)
"Since the support services review commenced, many of the general staff are having to bridge the gap for more than one position" (in 3 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great support from management, very flexible with hours during times of stress.
Cons
Pay was average, shift times inconvenient.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Challenging, interesting work with qualified people.
Cons
Old buildings, systems in need of update.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great coworkers and lots of opportunities
Cons
Disconnected structure, departments don't talk to each other, bad pay
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Great colleagues and physical environment
Cons
Senior management obsessed by neoliberalism
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Salaries were good for the work you're doing
Cons
Toxic environment, very individualist, little cooperation between academics
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Dunedin is a beautiful city and the campus is lovely. Our colleagues who work here truly care about their students, their research, and their jobs. There is an incredible wealth of talent and ingenuity everywhere you look.
Cons
Remuneration typically falls within bottom quartile for most given vocations by design, when compared with other Universities. This makes achieving any sort of living wage difficult, if not impossible. There is a historical lack of racial diversity in executive leadership, which feels tone deaf for the times. Many employees suffer from PTSD from the support services review. Procedure often suppresses innovation, which keeps organisation somewhat behind in several areas.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Flexible work hours, able to fit around class
Cons
Not a huge amount of hours for casual workers
- Current Employee★★★★★
Don't! After a decade I have yet to meet a single happy person here.
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
no COVID-19, good investment plan if you can afford it.
Cons
Worst academic experience, dreadful to students, staff and faculty.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
-good collaborative networks -highly skilled researchers with diverse backgrounds
Cons
-pay for temporary research assistants is not great -short sightedness with regard to staffing assets by higher level management has led to uncertainty about job security, and has effected moral and job satisfaction
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Great pay, nice campus, a good commute
Cons
The "Otago way": outdated and stifling
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