Higher education and research

Most recent data: March 31 2025

11% of reviews mention negative culture (0.8x overall average)

Culture has been stable over the past two years

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Most frequent negative cultural indicators

• Poor leadership: 2% of reviews (0.6x overall average)

• Instability and high turnover: 2% of reviews (similar to overall average)

• Organisational dysfunction: 2% of reviews (similar to overall average)

Reviews mentioning negative cultural indicators

Most common terms in pros and cons

Negative cultural indicators by sector:

Colours indicate whether a sector is statistically above, similar to, or below the higher education and research sector average
Dashed line shows higher education and research sector average

Note that sectors with fewer reviews have more uncertainty in their estimates. This means that even if a sector has a very high or low proportion of reviews mentioning negative culture it may not be statistically different from another sector.

Negative cultural indicators by company:

Colours indicate whether a company is statistically above, similar to, or below the higher education and research sector average
Dashed line shows higher education and research sector average

Note that companies with fewer reviews have more uncertainty in their estimates. This means that even if a company has a very high or low proportion of reviews mentioning negative culture it may not be statistically different from the sector average.