Does UWS pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, UWS employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at UWS. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at UWS?

38% of UWS employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated UWS 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at UWS?

Lecturer (28) , Associate Lecturer (5) , Professor (4) , KTP Associate (3) , PhD Student (3) , Project Manager (3) , Research Assistant (3) , Senior Lecturer (3) , Executive Assistant (2) , Graduate Student (2) , HR Advisor (2) , Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2) , Student Ambassador (2) , Student Assistant (2) , Student Guide (2)

What are the pros of working at UWS according to real employee reviews?

"Great colleagues who are supportive of one another in a difficult environment to work on." ((in 18 reviews)); "Friendly staff and super helpful" ((in 9 reviews)); "My happened to be a bit of a clique so not very pleasant but some good people there." ((in 9 reviews)); "Good holidays and great work life balance." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at UWS according to real employee reviews?

"Lack of direction and management." ((in 9 reviews)); "Stale, poor leadership (but maybe that has changed?)" ((in 8 reviews)); "The pay could be better." ((in 6 reviews)); "Unbelievably understaffed, terrible management who don't listen or lead by example, very few opportunities, no real support with personal development, in some departments a bit of a bully culture." ((in 5 reviews)); "Working over contracted hours consistently because workload is not evenly spread and inexperienced manager." ((in 4 reviews))

UWS Reviews

3.4

38% would recommend to a friend

(143 total reviews)

Craig Mahoney

28% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity and inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Culture and values

3.0

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

UWS has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 143 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UWS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

143 reviews

5.0

Apr 30, 2026

Supportive staff

Lecturer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Very supportive staff and management

Cons

Can be a high work load at times - but this is common in academia

2.0

Mar 25, 2026

Ivory Tower Management

People experience manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Location was very convenient for me. Good pension scheme (as long as they made their payments)

Cons

There were LOTS. Some due to a serious cyber attack they were recovering from but at its foundation: * Ivory tower management - do what we tell you not what we do * Decision by committee and by documentation for anything and everything * Default setting for managers is "you are against me" very combative culture I left after 3 months as the culture was very much at odds with my own values and beliefs on what progressive leadership should be about.

1.0

Dec 4, 2025

Toxic and mismanaged

Lecturer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Colleagues, holidays and free parking

Cons

Leadership seem to have contempt for their staff and only seem interested in seeing what they can get out of them. Don't come here if you enjoy research or want to progress. They can't get the basics right and only seem capable of signing their own exorbitant expenses

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