University of Leicester Employee Reviews about "senior management"

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Budget control and senior management (Dean of college, VC) have no idea how a university operates at ground level

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Senior management team is exceptionally poorSenior management team is exceptionally poorSenior management team is exceptionally poor. Communication is inconsistent, strategy is confused and implemented with little understanding or competence. The chaotic and increasingly cutthroat culture which has been created is unpleasant and completely unnecessary. Staff are left floundering by constant upheaval and changes in direction, making it almost impossible to complete even the most basic tasks. Experienced and knowledgeable staff are leaving in their droves only to be replaced by temporary/agency staff on minimum wage.

Cons

Progression for junior level staff was difficult and very little development opportunities offered. Senior management decisions were often badly communicated and sometimes not executed well. There was a trend of ex-accountants managing large departments which stifled creativity and innovative projects.

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.

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Where to start? As of February 2021 the University is making huge numbers of redundancies across academic and professional services departments. For example, yet again they are trying to get rid of all pure mathematics academics (there are various petitions online opposing these actions, signed by some very serious academics and others). The planned changes will have huge negative consequences for the University. They seem to want to become an apprentice/vocational skills institution (this is one of the things they say in their various 'Shaping for excellence' documents). The accountants are refusing to sign off the accounts - they are worried the University has serious financial problems (the management even talk about this publicly on their Executive Board videos on YouTube). I expect the next 10 years or so to be very difficult for them in terms of finances. Perhaps they won't even last that long. If you are a student, avoid like the plague! If you are an academic looking for a new job, avoid like the plague! If you are still working there, you have my deepest sympathies (unless you are part of that despicable group who have destroyed the University... the senior management).

Cons

Poor inter-departmental communication, lack of foresight and planning from senior management.

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Senior management is very poor. They don't seem to empathise with those who have to deliver - the admin people are very stressed and this is shown by the numbers off with stress and the high staff turnover. HR and research finance are particularly bad. There are quite high levels of demoralisation. The university management simply seems to be driven by money. Old-fashioned values of public and community service are ignored.

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Very poor HR, senior management are overly political, too many incompetent managers that make life miserable for subordinates

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Senior management, shallow PR/marketing, unclear values