Monash University Reviews

The administration is a nightmare to deal with – especially HR, which holds a lot of mismanaged power over employees. Faculty haven't been paid on time, benefits are delayed, reimbursement and compensation for professional expenses are a constant battle with faculty administration and HR. When I arrived, the administration didn't even know I was coming (even though I signed the contract many months ago). It took weeks to get an email address, access to moodle, keys to my office, a computer for my office, etc. And, again, every little thing that should be a given for a new employee is a self-advocating battle you have fight with admin. The morale of the faculty here I could only best describe as "toxic." All of my colleagues seem to have complaint after complaint and most are constantly on the hunt for a new job, which is definitely telling. The placement of the university's campus is incredibly inconvenient, and don't believe the university website when it tells you that it has "easy access" to KL. It doesn't. Not at all. On average, it takes about 2 hours to get to KLCC via public transportation. It's a campus in the middle of nowhere. There have been numerous safety concerns on and off campus, and many students have reported sexual harassment, assault, and theft. The security on campus is pretty inept, and don't expect the local police to do anything to help. The salary is quite low for expats with good qualifications, and only allows for a lower middle class existence at best in KL. lack of transparency and bad management It's difficult to gain an upgrade. Employees on the same Level job do vastly different amounts of work, and hard work is no recognized. There is virtually no time and resources to do research, even though publications are the expectation.

Very bad salaries (the lowest in Malaysian academia ) Difficulty in arriving to work, you will need a taxi each day if you don't have a car (google taxi service in Malaysia to know what i mean) High teaching load ( no time for a mature research) Trashy and week research output ( google MyRA report for Monash Malaysia) Lack of transparency in each situation and Fake Student evaluation reports to convenience you that you are a bad academic and don't deserve a promotion No promotion (Monash Malaysia do not promote its stuff as the management doesn't want to increase any salaries) Manipulative and Abusive Management and PVC