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Melbourne Polytechnic is a challenging place to work when working as a career advisor. You must be able to answer large numbers of questions from students and potential students within a reasonable amount of time. Additionally it is important that you are able to satisfactorily resolve a query in such a way that you are confident that you have given the person all the relevant information. 

A standard day would encompass either waiting for inquiries to come in from potential students or it would entail calling the potential students to answer any questions they have on a personal basis. 

The main thing I had learned during my time there was patience. Every person is different their way of asking questions is different, their financial situation is different, their desired educational outcome is different. It is one thing to know about this however it is something entirely different when you have to deal with it. You need to be very considerate and sympathetic when dealing with a person inquiring for a course when they come from a weak financial background.

Not just sounding sincere but also finding them alternate solutions if the course they are trying to enter into has a high cost. Putting in extra time to finding a solution that both parties find agreeable can be hard and even frustrating but the emotional reward when you help a person be one step closer to doing what they want is more than enough. 


Overall the workplace was relaxing, the team leader wasn't hounding team members for numbers and no one felt stressed or uncomfortable working there. There was no social barrier preventing anyone from socializing getting to know one another both professionally and casually.

Do you want to get high blood pressure? Then work at Melb Poly.
I speak four languages, and I’m qualified. 
After five years working with them long hours/working on weekends and I was doing lots of things that’s was not in my job description and on the top of that I was bullied every single day from a few admins just because they were close friends with managers. One manager and two team leaders managing 6 or 7 admins....it was so hard to work with them.... the students couldn’t trust the admins because admins were sharing students personal information. Not professional.
After five years working so hard I lost my job for no reason, and after a few days four news staff started, and One of the new team was manager’s daughter, and the rest were manages’s friends. 
I was shocked that the higher managers know about it and they didn’t do anything...I stayed in the hospital for two weeks because I was bullied and hurt

There was a lack of transparency about who held actual employer responsibility, with multiple entities involved in ways that were not clearly explained. Decision-making processes, particularly around contracts and renewals, were inconsistent and often lacked clear justification. Communication from management was frequently indirect, delayed, or insufficient, leaving staff uncertain about important matters affecting their employment. Overall, the system created confusion, weak accountability, and ongoing job insecurity, which significantly affected the overall experience despite the positive classroom environment.

Senior management were not very professional in the way the dealt with internal issues e.g. Bullying. They wouldn't listen to many ideas - whilst I was there - given by myself (who was only tempory) and full-time employees. The teachers (in general) were very professional and enthusiatic in the way they dealt with trainees and other clients. Work colleagues were fantastic given the very low moral within the department - Don't Worry Be Happy...

Culture is amazing. Friendly people and everyone is laid back and enjoys a chat. You'd have to really try to fault the place under a casual contract. Rates are good and work is minimal. Management is abysmal though, outdated tech and reluctance to evolve with the times is certainly hurting the company. But oh well.

It's a lousy place to work with management now in thrall to spread sheets and business analysts with little focus on how to really engage students and support teachers

Working here brings a lot of pressure with little support from your co-workers or management. You’re expected to complete extra tasks and ‘courses’ outside of paid hours and are subject to overly critical reviews and extreme scrutiny by higher ups. Only upside is the pay is quite good. 

Far too many middle management doing made up jobs, too much redundant and ridiculous paperwork for admin and teachers. It is more like a corporate institution than an educational one. Has been systematically ruined by dodgy CEOs.

Students that have no knowledge are just supposed to be passed. Management unethical and if you don't get a good review from passing students you don't get your contract renewed, If you need academic content for your course they don't pay you to develop it even though they then want to claim intellectual property rights.

Very hard to move from casual to part-time or full time. prior education qualifications treated as worthless without Cert IV in training and assessment. An incredible amount of admin including enrolling and withdrawing students personally. Not much admin support.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Teacher 18 salaries reported	$92.24 per hour
Administrative assistant 9 salaries reported	$61,620 per year
Lead teacher 1 salary reported	$125,131 per year
Communications officer 6 salaries reported	$74,290 per year
Program leader 2 salaries reported	$125,131 per year

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