University of Manitoba Employee Reviews for Instructor

Supportive environment, good opportunity to get teaching experience, downside - low pay rate, supportive faculty, opportunity to choose your own schedule

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Instructor (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 18 March 2022

Busy and fast-paced. The management are accommodating and gave adequate training. Their expectations are high. Nice to be able to work with students and in academia.

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Insights into University of Manitoba

Based on 39 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Ability to learn new things
Ability to meet personal goals

Zero work-life balance.

Instructor (Former Employee) - RFHS - 19 October 2021

Administration is completely out of touch with the day-to-day realities of staff and students.Endless turnover because people are treated so badly.Say they believe in diversity and inclusion, but don't show it in the way they treat their staff and students.No job security.

Pros

Great co-workers who work extremely hard.

Cons

Extremely long hours. Admin does not care about staff and students' health.

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Competitive, collaborative yet relaxed and positive environment.

EAL Instructor (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 27 December 2019

A typical day starts at 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. I learnt a lot about student oriented interactive teaching. Hardest part of the job was prep work everyday after school. The most enjoyable part of the job was of course teaching students. Thanks

Pros

Pot luck and outdoor activities and tours.

Cons

Very few holidays

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excellent team

Lab Instructor (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 29 August 2019

Great working conditions, super cool team. It's not too long before anyone is integrated to the team as long as you pull your own weight. Even if Randstad is a huge organization, it still has that small family feeling but with huge resources and support.

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Not the place to work

Sessional Co-instructor and researcher (Former Employee) - winnipeg - 23 April 2019

Not a great place to work in general. There may be better departments but overall the university remains unchanged over time and lacking in respect for its employees. Their pay levels are also lower than other similar institutions. Not been a lot of change unfortunately in 20 years with regard to how the university treats people. Time to change

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Unexpected Tenure

Instructor (Current Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 10 March 2018

I was asked to teach on the extended education course the week after the courses had started and therefore I was very far behind where I should have been. I learned quickly that there not a lot of micro-managing and that I had to be proactive here. I enjoyed all of the students who were very polite, enthusiastic and hard working.

Pros

great pay

Cons

not much direction or support provided

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University of Manitoba

Sessional Instructor (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 7 March 2018

While a good employer overall, being a sessional instructor at the University of Manitoba isn't an ideal job. The pay is meager, there are no benifits, and courses are handed out based on seniority, not performance. In the end, I suppose the problem was with CUPE (the union for sessionals), and not the UofM as an institution.

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not a good workplace

Instructor (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 19 June 2017

The job you get as a sessional instructor is not secure and the system is corrupted. I have worked for the Math Department there, but it is not a friendly environment. They look at you as if you owe them something, for no good reason. Their classes are big and they don't appreciate the work you do for them. The department does not protect you if some students want to bug you. Over the campus they consider the sessional instructors as second class citizens. But some parts of the campus do good jobs; for example if you have some problems with the IT affairs , then the IT Services provide you with necessary advise.

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Good environment, clear metrics

Sessional Instructor - Intro to Programming (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 22 April 2017

The position provided clear goals as to what was to be taught and the overall desired pass rate. University policies were clarified whenever needed.

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Dance rooms in the Active Living Centre and Powwow Club program

Powwow Club Instructor (Current Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 22 March 2017

Although it is quite small, the dance room I teach in, located in the active living centre is a great necessity for the type of dance I teach. It allows me to perform to the best of my ability and my students learn in a more efficient way. The powwow club program offered at the University of Manitoba is a great way for youth and adults to learn the Aboriginal culture and dance.