Vantaggi
Absolutely no pros in my experience
Svantaggi
I left another university job to join the Ulster University. It was the worse move I ever made. My line manager made my time there (10 weeks) hell through micromanagement which made me ill. He micromanaged every aspect of my work and no matter how hard I tried, he found fault with everything I did. He belittled a complimentary comment I made on my first day regarding one of the projects I would be dealing with. I disregarded it, thinking he was just having a bad day. But I soon learned that this represented who he was. In my old jobI was used to working for high level management and did not ever experience anything like this. I believe he was new to a line managing post and that a little power went to his head. He left me in such a distressed state in my 5th week that I went to HR for advice. HR did nothing. I had to resign the following month as he left me without guidance on important tasks I had to complete, which was his responsibility per my review documentation. It was a set up to fail syndrome right from the start. It was without a doubt the worst job experience I have had in over forty years' employment.