Western Sydney University Employee Reviews

Reasonable pay. Nice campuses/offices.Not as strong culture-wise, but slowly improving. Work load is often very high due to lack of resources and other road blocks.

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Teacher (Former Employee) - Penrith NSW - 25 October 2023

Good university Western Sydney. Helpful helpful helpful staff and students . Great to work with. My friends can be happier working there since year 2022

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EXAM SUPERVISOR AND TEMP POSITIONS (Former Employee) - Parramatta NSW - 5 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Awesome company to work for. Great communication and understanding. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Only casual positions that are short notice and they were not always informed appropriately What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Supportive and encouraging. Great communication What is a typical day like for you at the company?Getting an assignment and full disclosure of expectations and feedback. Company now sold.

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Excellent quality of people working in there

Procurement Officer (Current Employee) - Richmond NSW - 23 September 2023

It has been a truly remarkable experience working here. The level of responsiveness and kindness exhibited by the people around has made every interaction with other departments exceptionally pleasant. This positive atmosphere not only enhances productivity but also fosters a sense of unity and collaboration throughout the organization. It's a testament to the wonderful work culture that exists here.

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Poor management at all levels that enable a bullying culture and negative environment.

Administration Officer (Former Employee) - Parramatta NSW - 16 September 2022

Poor management at all levels that enable a bullying culture and negative environment. Inexperienced and petty staff have replaced knowledgeable staff that were lost in restructures. More time is spent on micro-managing tasks and counting emails answered, than on actual content and helping students. Segregation of duties have resulted in boring jobs that provide no satisfaction, and work life balance is a joke. Don't work here!

Pros

Weekends

Cons

Working at WSU

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Western Sydney University insights

Based on 6 survey responses

What people like

Ability to learn new things
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Inclusive work environment

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Overall satisfaction

Horrible place to work

Teacher (Former Employee) - Parramatta NSW - 3 November 2021

Poorly managed and poor working environment. Avoid working at this “university” at all cost. Not a genuine place to be (or even study!). If you do go ahead with a job here, expect to be overworked with little appreciation. I’m speaking about the Law School in particular.

Cons

Long hours, poor management, everything really

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A collaborative and supportive workplace

Sessional Staff (Current Employee) - Sydney NSW - 27 April 2021

A very collaborative and supportive work environment that is conducive to professional growth and learning. Flexible hours and an empathetic stance towards individual predicaments renders this institution one of the most employee-centred places to work in.

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Productive and fun job

University of Western Sydney Disability Note taker (Former Employee) - Campbelltown NSW - 8 October 2020

Allowed me to have an insight into how determined people can be regardless of difficulties they may be facing in their everyday lives. Was a positive experience and hope I helped

Pros

Good hourly rates

Cons

Not enough shifts

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racist

Student Mentor (Former Employee) - Parramatta NSW - 21 June 2020

The university does not provide opportunity to the international students of temporary visa people and always hire on the basis of reference given by one of the staff

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Productive and Fun

CAMPUS LIFE OFFICER- WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY (Former Employee) - Parramatta NSW - 14 April 2020

Western Sydney provides opportunity throughout your employment to experience different fields. The professional development is second to none and totally recommend taking advantage of it. The culture is a fun and exciting with a true professional focus on there long/ short term values and views. With all that said the only downside is that I work in a department that had the most cohesive team ethic but management has been unsympathetic and self-absorb with is there self advancement which may cause unease at the best of times.

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Great place to work

Ask Us Assistant (Former Employee) - Richmond NSW - 7 April 2020

I really enjoy working here because I feel welcomed here. Everyday is like new adventure and what makes my work more enjoyable are the people I work with. They are very nice and supportive.

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Supportive environment

Student Experience Officer, The Student Experience Office (Casual) (Former Employee) - Penrith NSW - 17 March 2020

Supportive environment with great people, opportunities for training, growth and progress with lots of different roles possible. Highly recommend WSU as an employer

Pros

Positive work environment

Cons

you have to pay for parking on campus

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Good employer

Student Advisor (Writing) (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 9 March 2020

Have good experience overall. I like the diversity, inclusion, and campus environment. I enjoyed helping many students with their essay writing questions.

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A workplace

Student Voice Officer (Current Employee) - Milperra NSW - 16 February 2020

Learned a lot and enjoyed a workplace with so many opportunities both in house and externally. It is a shame the job security is so poor because it is a fantastic place to be.

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There is very little support/opportunity for staff to advance ..

School of no hope (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 11 February 2020

Not a very pleasant culture to work in, bullying is rife, too many restructures and the loss of experienced staff to inexperienced people and that's the good points !

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Very good place to research

Research Fellow (Current Employee) - Richmond NSW - 9 February 2020

There are many research facilities and many good scientists, so it is the best place to research. Particularly climate change in agricultural and forest.

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A ground for collaborative and informative resrearch

Research Intern (Former Employee) - Campbelltown NSW - 13 January 2020

Excellent professors, competitive and hardworking researchers, relaxed and peaceful environment, good work ethics and workplace culture, advance laboratory equipment and tools

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Students are shy to participate

Casual lecturer (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 5 January 2020

Students are not quite discipline Student are weak in knowledge No respect for time I felt that student rely on group and team working and repeating answers .

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Great workplace environment for a teaching experience

Assistant Instructor/Research Assistant/Lecturer (Current Employee) - Campbelltown NSW - 15 December 2019

- Great time teaching, not as much fun administratively. - Often difficult to plan your hours from semester to semester - Many different campuses always going the opposite way of rush-hour traffic

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Productive and Fun work place

Student Enquiry and Information Officer (Former Employee) - New South Wales - 2 December 2019

Productive and Fun work place. I was lucky to be surrounded by all wonderful and amazing colleagues. There were quite senior colleagues but they never let me feel I am new. They were very helpful,motivating and patient while training me. They always maintained a positive energy at work. Loved working there and miss everyone now.

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An excellent place to make a difference to students in the West!

Service Delivery Manager (Former Employee) - Richmond NSW - 21 November 2019

Continuous improvement of services. Business case, SLA, Incident management, problem management, change management, project management, change management and knowledge management. Helping people improve their processes and ICT systems in line with the organization strategy.. The hard part was being handed sub standard solutions and fixing it operationally. My key learning were a growth in end to end service management and vendor management in a large scale organization.

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