While the organisation is full of amazing and inspiring employees in all areas that genuinely care about the student body, the organisation as a whole and the top management simply do not seem to care anymore. Although there are pockets of fantastic work going on across the organisation, overall new ideas are constantly shot down and discarded and there is little opportunity for advancement and progression. There is a sense that many departments have become stagnant in their activity with the same projects repeatedly happening and anything new being ignored. This has led to no sense of pride or ownership in any of the work.

Pros

Stunning place to work, Amazing people, Fantastic pension

Cons

Stagnant workplace, Uninspiring work load, Uncaring management

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Non reachable high expectations

Food Service Assistant (Current Employee) - Stirling - 30 January 2022

A very stressful unpleasant place to work, emotionally and physically draining, will treat you like a robot and you can’t make any mistakes. Would not recommend

Pros

Non

Cons

Everything

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Insights into University of Stirling

Based on 2 survey responses

What people like

Ability to meet personal goals
Energising work tasks
Ability to learn new things

Areas for improvement

Support from manager
Clear sense of purpose
Inclusive work environment

Horrible

Housekeeper (Former Employee) - Stirling, Stirlingshire - 13 March 2020

I spent many years here as a housekeeper & was treated like an animal. Management are BULLIES!! Honestly nothing is worth working there for. You will be told what to do not asked, there will be no please or thank you. Your personal life will not be personal as manager uses it against you & tells the other 62 housekeeping staff & office staff your business to make your working life worse

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Brilliant job if you really give it your all

STUDENT AMBASSADOR (Former Employee) - Stirling - 10 March 2020

This can be a great job if you give it 110%. Because of the casualness of the hours a lot of the staff don't treat it like a real job and are very unreliable. But if you give this job your all it's absolutely brilliant and gives you so many fantastic opportunities. If you don't sign up to do a lot of work and get to know the managers the opportunities won't be there as much, but if you make yourself known to be a hard worker it can open lots of doors. Open days are great fun when the staff morale is up so it's worth being friendly and getting to know other ambassadors. Really a great job to have whilst you're at uni, way better than retail or bar work!

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Fun and Inclusive

Workshop Facilitator (Current Employee) - Stirling - 12 February 2020

Very much enjoy the work and flexibility of hours and involvement. The people are open and clearly working towards the same goals. Open to problems and looking fro solutions.

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Productive and enjoyable

Tutor (Former Employee) - Stirling - 2 December 2019

A lovely location, a department with many good colleagues, most engaged students making for interesting work. Good ethos and an enjoyable place to work.

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Emphasis on customer focus

Administrator (Former Employee) - Arts and Humanities - 28 October 2019

Strong focus on customer experience, delivering the needs of the service and continuous improvement. The student is prioritised at all times to a high standard.

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Great time

Statistics Tutor (Former Employee) - Stirling - 11 October 2019

Great uni, lots of variety of night life and courses to study. Campus University that makes getting around easy. Lots of support from tutors and teachers.

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Fun and enjoyable workplace

Volunteer - Archives (Current Employee) - Stirling - 14 September 2019

Lovely place of work. Friendly work environment with helpful and encouraging staff. Management are always on hand to support and assist with any problems.

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Unpleasant

Temporary contract (Former Employee) - Stirling - 24 August 2019

Unpleasant all round. parking system is ridiculous. Most staff are unfriendly and unhelpful unless your face fits. The culture in Finance is toxic. I agree with the two other negative reviews, staff talking about students nastily, it’s a money making business more than an educational facility. Lack of help or support for students in difficulty.

Pros

None

Cons

Lack of staff facilities

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great place to work

Senior Sales & Marketing Executive (Current Employee) - Stirling - 3 August 2019

The message is the information the sender wishes the audience to receive and understand. The message is encoded by the sender. i.e. the sender chooses the words and medium that suits the message they wish to convey.

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It was a fun and enjoyable placement opportunity

Research Assistant (Part-Time Voluntary) (Former Employee) - Stirling - 30 July 2019

I worked as a neuropsychology research assistant for a lecturer at the university and was given the opportunity to gain hands-on experience using state-of-the-art eye-tracking technology as well as learning about an area of psychology I was previously unfamiliar with.

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Informative

Accommodation Liaison Student (Former Employee) - Stirling - 18 July 2019

Learned a lot working here and had some valuable experiences

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Great working environment

Administrative Officer (Former Employee) - Stirling, UK - 10 July 2019

Unfortunately this was a temporary position lasting only a few weeks. Great, relaxed working culture, although extremely busy and proactive. Management was exceptional and it was a pleasure to go to work. Predominantly administrative position as opposed to customer service role, occasionally assisting disabled/handicapped students from a wide cultural background with their queries and problems.

Pros

Wonderful Campus to walk around during lunch break

Cons

Temporary position

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part of PhD process

Lab demonstrator (Current Employee) - Stirling - 17 March 2019

I am due to start this job in April 2019. it is quite thrilling that i will learning new technologies and hopefully as i progress through PhD, i will become capable of handling more challenges.

Pros

learning new technologies

Cons

Zero hour contract

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Great employers to students

Telephone Fundraiser (Former Employee) - Stirling - 8 October 2018

I worked here while I was a student and they were very flexible, completely tailored the employment experience to student life (which I guess is expected from a University).

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A tough job but a great learning experience

Stock worker (Former Employee) - Stirling - 7 July 2018

The work days were long and being outdoors, not always fun, especially in the winter. However, the ability to learn and further skills made up for this tough days.

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Good

Administrator (Former Employee) - Stirling - 2 February 2018

Good management and growth potential.Strong working culture. Able to take on a lot of responsbility. Supportive staff. A heavy workload. But good if you want to take on board additional work in other departments. Opportunities to get promoted.

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Cleaner

Housekeeping Assistant (Former Employee) - Stirling, Stirlingshire - 7 March 2017

i loved this job, you got along with everyone. Working at the university was great. this job was only for 6 months as it was only a summer keeping job.

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An interesting institution

Head of Web and Digital Media (Former Employee) - Stirling - 7 September 2016

I worked at the University for over 13 years. I decided to leave to pursue new challenges in November 2015. During my tine there I was Web Author and laterally was Head of Web and Digital Media.

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Going dowhill fast

Administrative Assistant (Current Employee) - Stirling - 23 April 2016

Great environment to work in, lovely campus have met a FEW nice people there. Most Staff are not friendly, have had both Academic, HOD walk by in the halls without so much as a glance of recognition. Colleagues work in a fish bowl, no interaction unless you're in their clique. NO formal training despite saying they provided training during initial interview, you're pretty much given instruction and left to fend for yourself. Asking for help is looked at as incompetency. Speaking with employees who've been with the University for a number of years, the institute is more of a money making business, than a learning institution. Despite being warm and friendly to students, employees talk about them behind their backs and almost seem annoyed at assisting students, especially foreign students.