University of Leicester Researcher Reviews

Pros

Growing facilities and improving services

Cons

Currently going under a transformation causing redundancies in social studies departments and administrative staff.

Pros

- Flexible working - Seniors might like you if you work like a robot above and beyond your working hours and promote you if you are lucky. - Research administrator jobs always advertised regularly as people come and then leave within a few months of working at the unit.

Cons

- Extremely toxic place to work - Pay is rubbish (Grade 3) - Trial managers are very ungrateful and unappreciative for any good work you do and will criticise where they possibly can to stop your progression - The unit is stingy and in order to save money they will employee one research administrator who is expected to work under 2/3 trial managers. Therefore the administrator will be under enormous pressure to complete all the tasks delegated by the managers working above them. This is not made obvious in the interview. It is totally not worth it as it is a Grade 3 job! - Dirty politics and harassment takes place behind closed doors -Senior management team have their favourites. Therefore complaining to them is useless because they will not understand or take any appropriate action. Ultimately you will end up looking for another job and leaving the unit.

Pros

Diversity Inclusion and EDi values in the university

Cons

Not leadership, lack of clarity and information during COVID19

Pros

Sound and friendly organisational culture.

Cons

Not much room/space facilities for social science researchers

Pros

Reasonable pay and friendly environment

Cons

Initial admin was somewhat slow

Pros

Research oriented University with a dynamic environment

Cons

Lacking international collaboration for research

Pros

Feel respected, be treated like a genuine human being, take complaints and issues seriously

Cons

Probably have to live in Leicester which doesn't have an Ikea.