Culture of overpayment with expectation of unpaid overtime - Teacher Monash College Employee Review

3.0
10 Mar 2016
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Pros

Central CBD location, friendly staff, decent technology, a healthy amount of professional development, extra pay for student consultations and regular meetings.

Cons

Management are ruthless, making swift decisions affecting staff and students with often little or no consultation. Promotions are made overnight without interviews or advertising, while over 70% of the teaching pool are casual. The Upper Management are mostly comprised of fossils that have earned seniority, yet have not got the management training necessary to do their jobs properly. The culture of the student cohort is strained because most classes are dominated by Chinese students. The gender and nationality mix is unbalanced and the opportunity to mix with other students from other cultures is all too often missed entirely. The academic and assessment schedule is crammed with marking and odious admin every day. Some courses have 30 assessment tasks in 10 weeks and run for 50 weeks a years.

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4.0
15 Dec 2025
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Pros

Overall very happy with my experience at Monash College. I got a great salary and conditions and amazing experience on my CV. I also made some great friends and connections there which have helped me immeasurably since I left.

Cons

The type of work I was doing was fairly repetitive and due to the pace of work there was not much room for individual initiative. I was laid off (with my entire team) with only one week's notice which was a bit of a shock and many of us felt that we were like ghosts in the machine in that final week.

4.0
10 Aug 2025
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Pros

High pay, supportive staff, flexible working arrangements

Cons

Since it is flexible so theres no guarantee of getting timetabled each semester, plus goverment cap on the big 8

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