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mikesharp · Joined: 12 Apr 2011 Posts: 5 Location: England

I hope somebody can help me with AUM, I got 2 interviews over skype and now they are asking me for face to face interview in Kuwait, please help me to decide.

bedwiya · Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Posts: 66 Location: Kuwait

Stay far away from them. They will tell you anything. They are a shoddy organization and the term "university" is used very loosely. Some new staff this year at my uni are suing them. They fire at will and the place is run by a sadistic Kuwaiti who has no idea how to run either a university or a business.

shebab · Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 143

So after 3 years of bad reviews on this message board, would you say that things haven't changed? They always seem to be looking to fly people to Kuwait at the last minute, something not everyone can do if they have a job and a life on the other side of the world.

What about the salary? I understand they pay about US$3600 a month, but you have to pay about US$900 a month for housing out of that. That almost brings your salary down to Omani levels!

Any comments?

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 14901 Location: USA

musicalcow · Joined: 07 Oct 2011 Posts: 1

Yes, I agree with the others who posted about this university. It is a terrible place to work. Faculty and staff get fired regularly without any warning. They also make you sign an illegal(against Kuwaiti labor law) contract where you are not allowed to work anywhere else as a teacher if you ever stop working for them. It is extremely unprofessional because I knew at least 10 teachers and a dozen administrative staff who got fired and replaced overnight for no reason. They also purposely and personally come after you once you leave by lying about you, blacklisting you from returning to Kuwait, withholding your indemnity and cancelling your residency among other things. They also make you stay from 8am to 5pm regardless of your teaching schedule. There are many other awful things but I think that is enough. Please, do yourself a favor and work anywhere else except AUM or ACM.

NinaGeo · Joined: 07 May 2012 Posts: 11

I just wanted to reply to all people who put his/her effort and shared their perceptions or experiences about AUM/ACM.

I myself work at AUM and all I can say is - we are ambitious, we are open, we are diverse, we are demanding and hard-working. We do the things with our heart, we respect and expect respect back.

As I see some comments here are mean but it says more about the people who wrote it rather than about AUM. Some of the comments are totally based on subjective perceptions that is not convincing for anybody at all.

We do really well, we are expanding, we are building, we are developing! And I'll bring a simple example from my experience - I see a huge difference between the time I started working there (2 years ago) and where we are now. I'm sure I will witness better and bigger achievements at AUM.

My dears, if you want to know some updates about AUM I'll be happy to share Smile