tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79662860760939153652024-03-29T01:52:11.725+03:00HCT Sucks!<b>The ONLY blog that tells the unalloyed truth about HCT in the UAE!</b>Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-39673711090677060802023-12-10T13:00:00.008+03:002024-01-14T04:27:38.753+03:00HCT on Glassdoor: the dismal truth!A recent
perusal of the HCT reviews on GlassDoor has revealed that, of the past ten
reviews left this quarter, a mighty ONE is positive about the place! A further
one is neutral, whereas, for some unfathomable reason, eight former and current employees
have seen fit to leave several (oops – many!) black marks on HCT’s report card.
How can that possibly be?
So take a careful
scrutiny of the Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-89456345119195897422023-10-30T03:13:00.002+03:002023-11-17T03:37:35.148+03:00Staff Plagiarism Scandal Rocks HCT!Yes, it's not just the students who cheat at HCT - the academic staff are at it too! The following report has been a long time coming, due to various concerns on the part of the writer, who is very close to Mission Control at HCT. Yet I feel that you will agree, it has been worth the wait!*******Plagiarised reports? Dodgy
PhDs? Not here, boss …
The Head Honchos at HCT have been sitting on this Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-86984382349423425492023-08-08T00:34:00.000+03:002023-08-08T00:34:18.855+03:00Exams at HCTA day in the life of a
faculty drone. Or, Alice
in the educational desert Wonderland, where we voyage from the mundane to the
frankly silly, and then way out yonder to the incredibly bizarre!
Exams at HCT:
As most academics worldwide understand and accept, exams are not the best way
to either engage, interest or (Heaven Forbid) even assess a student. But HCT
makes a fetish of exams, ranging Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-54511352385419803782023-07-17T01:16:00.004+03:002023-07-22T02:53:07.632+03:00Abdullatif M. Al ShamsiSo, a case for Inspector Holmes? Or just some rather old news about that swindling Shamsi fellow ... ?Either way, a former HCT inmate provides some fine words of wisdom regarding a possible career move to the Evil Empire.***After having
wasted nine years of my life working for the rancid dirham, my first few words
of advice for any would-be recruit to the gulags of HCT are: take
extreme Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-69972001856526050442022-09-02T01:31:00.003+03:002022-09-02T01:35:47.100+03:00Three Times a Winner! HCT Humiliated!As you can see from the picture alongside, HCT likes to make a big song and dance when a teacher leaves. The cheques being proudly held up by the students in Fujairah represent the End of Service payments happily made by HCT to sadly departing faculty members.Well, it's something like that...***Sometimes principles, morals and ethics
take over when the lack of those prevails
So where to Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-54955559099917308642022-08-22T02:39:00.003+03:002022-08-22T23:42:49.574+03:00A Desert Resurrection, of sorts...Hello
Readers! So I have returned from the
dead – so sorry to disappoint my (many) enemies. Despite my enforced absence, Suede is happy to report a return to activity, and more tales of oppression and suffering to tell.
Anyway, a couple of months back I received
an interesting message from another (yes, another!) of the many HCT victims
that have emerged in recent times. In between the Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-23466370206576714542020-12-31T21:35:00.001+03:002021-01-01T00:48:44.846+03:00More HCT Women's College Shenanigans (3)My latest offering is the the third and last in this trilogy of 'tributes' to the HCT's women's colleges. I do most sincerely hope that anybody considering taking up 'employment' (or incarceration) in The Evil Empire will read this former employee's glowing account of the years that he wasted there and make the necessary turnabout.***The
main problem in criticising this particular HCT Women’s Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-82822563255570306862020-11-24T02:45:00.012+03:002020-11-24T02:54:34.598+03:00HCT: From a JEWEL to a TURD in a DECADE!Dear esteemed readers, please let me present a most heartfelt appeal to any god-damned fools out there who might be considering a stay in 'The Sandpit'. Take good note of the little story below and don't say that you were never warned!***I worked at HCT full-time for more than 10 years, and can
honestly state that during that time it changed from being one of the best employers
in the UAE to one Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-65391131486251300562020-07-30T23:30:00.000+03:002020-08-02T01:02:28.334+03:00More Women's College Shenanigans (2)
The next posting is the second in a trilogy of, erm ... three postings about the horrors of working at a women's college in the HCT system. You have been warned!
Report Number 2
Well, what could I possibly say after
spending four years teaching the spoilt, moaning and unmotivated princesses of
my particular HCT outpost?
Well, apart from the rude and
deceitful students that I’ve Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-36578581989958057062020-05-04T11:14:00.000+03:002020-05-30T00:24:35.832+03:00More Women's College Shenanigans! (1)
Suede-O is happy to reveal that several recently departed inmates from the infamous Evil HCT Empire have sent in their end-of-term reports. And what great reading they make! I sincerely hope - nay, expect - that you will ALL agree!
Report Number 1.
So what would I have done if
I had known what a sham HCT is? Well, I guess there are a few things.
For
instance, if I’d known how Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-67626851325045036252019-11-28T02:55:00.005+03:002019-11-28T03:14:14.633+03:00HCT - "unethical and dysfunctional"
The two 'recommendations' reprinted below are recent arrivals from a couple of recently departed HCT faculty members. To those HCT inmates who are leaving the desert gulag soon, please send me your own personal stories of salvation and redemption!
***
I have worked in many educational institutes around the world, but without
question, HCT is the most unethical and dysfunctional organization ISuede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-26419849614168593312019-08-31T23:25:00.000+03:002019-09-01T00:20:18.958+03:0012 Reasons to STAY AWAY!
A recent departee from the HCT gulag has sent Suede an updated advertisement for the undoubted attractions of working for 'The Evil Empire'. Given the amount of warnings that have already been issued regarding this place, you might well question the wisdom of adding another to the list.
But I just couldn't resist banging another nail (or twelve) into that rotting coffin-lid!
*****
1. WhileSuede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-7163574778636602792019-04-19T00:26:00.000+03:002019-05-08T01:31:37.384+03:00Academic Corruption of Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai
The honest truth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GTSvr-0rqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOiZKVdIJJ8
فساد اكاديمي في الكليات العليا للتقنيه في دبي
Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-22934108796401546302018-12-29T00:35:00.002+03:002020-05-21T00:49:46.111+03:00HCT - so BIG on Respect!
The brief offering below comes from a former HCT inmate, one who has finally seen the light and turned her back on the Empire of Evil and Hypocrisy. How many more are there out there, who will be doing the same very soon?
Like
many other teachers, I became one because I felt a calling to serve, a need to
help create a new tomorrow. And when I signed up for HCT, I was Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-27253068479296718912018-04-23T02:22:00.001+03:002018-07-02T02:14:04.018+03:00HCT - "Worst company to work for"?
A couple of recent
departures from HCT’s Dubai
gulag have revealed the atrocious state of affairs there. The intelligence
below was left on glassdoor.com, and stands as a harsh reminder of the folly of
committing to work for the evil empire. As the image alongside suggests, it's
entirely the fault of the so-called management, who are, in the broadest
possible terms, as arrogant as they are Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-50686774989907967032017-10-07T23:55:00.001+03:002017-11-11T01:36:40.676+03:00Lawyers' Update
Suede
is extremely proud and happy to present an update regarding the lawyers who are
dealing with the cases of illegal dismissal of HCT staff and faculty. This was
added as a comment to a posting several days ago, but I feel that it deserves
a more prominent billing.
*******
An update from the lawyers. I stopped in this evening to
discuss my case. I’ve been told a number of HCT Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-90998180141580413322017-09-10T23:25:00.002+03:002017-09-10T23:29:18.852+03:00Student Uncovers Uncomfortable Truths about HCT (part two)
Part Two of the gradual awakening of an HCT student features a bit more of the same, plus a bit of something new - HCT snooping on its own students! We all know that HCT Goon Squad Central is very adept at keeping itself , ahem, 'aware' of what its employees are doing, but now it appears that the management is spying on the students too!
*******
Hey Suede,
It's me again! I forgot to Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-27075658999717624752017-09-01T00:49:00.000+03:002017-09-01T00:52:45.012+03:00Student Uncovers HCT Truths (part one)
SuedeO is now TWICE as happy to present an insider's view of HCT - because it's in two parts! My thanks go out to the anonymous student (called Hamda - or is it Noura?) who has taken the daring step to present her sincere opinion of HCT - one of the nation's most important institutions, apparently
Dear
Suede,
I have read many posts in your
online blog that further prove the truth Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-67037082313926834112017-08-10T00:45:00.003+03:002017-08-12T20:32:08.136+03:00Good News with Plenty of Appeal!
Regarding the previous communication from Agent X, I recently chased him for an update on a recent case he made Suede aware of. The object of the case in
question was a teacher ripped off by Pirate Zak and his cohort in crime, the
infamous Taleb Obaid - the duo who broke UAE federal law by illegally declaring him absconding just for refusing their low-ball EOS settlement. Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-16319579742133708712017-06-29T01:39:00.001+03:002017-06-29T01:45:55.112+03:00Illegal Breach of Contract
Recent intelligence reports from one of Suede’s inside contacts
reveal some extremely unpalatable news about the new contracts that were
imposed on continuing HCT inmates earlier this month. Please read the following if you were one of those who were severely humiliated several weeks ago.
Firstly, it has been confirmed that all continuing employees
had to sign and approve the
contractual Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-26566630355586313912017-04-01T23:35:00.002+03:002017-04-01T23:57:33.860+03:00The cut-throat tactics of pirate Zak!
Suede Oasis is once again very privileged to be able to bring to the public's attention another welcome case of 'overexposure' for a much-despised HCT goon and criminal; this time it's the repulsive individual pictured alongside, Mr Zak Ali Khan. My thanks go out to Agent X for this particular information.
Please find below news from the front line, which has been supported by many firstSuede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-7256219209713584862017-02-24T01:58:00.002+03:002017-02-25T01:57:20.614+03:00HCT Contract Ripoff: - Join the Fightback!
Suede Oasis is extremely pleased to be able
to report the following case of an HCT employee who has already successfully won
one case against HCT and is currently waiting for the outcome of two others for
compensation and end of service benefits. The teacher’s lawyers are confident
that many of the things demanded will be awarded, especially a much better
calculation for the relevant end of Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-32244637952484835882016-11-30T02:24:00.000+03:002016-12-26T23:12:58.574+03:00What 'excitement' lurks behind the glass doors of HCT?
As most readers of these pages
are aware, the gulf between the reality of working at HCT and the bullshit
spouted by the HR department when recruiting is substantial. The advertised
promise of working for an “exciting
organization” soon morphs into a nightmare as the organization turns on its own
staff and attempts to chew them up and spit them out.
Don’t believe me? Well, the most Suede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-51581285462747801802016-07-30T19:53:00.002+03:002016-08-24T05:00:54.927+03:00'Tiny' Tim Smith gets a Taste of his own Treatment!
Tears
of joy have recently been reported to have flooded the streets of Al Ain. The
reason? HCT’s ‘Tiny’ Tim Smith, also known as ‘The Timinator’ (on account of
his propensity for firing people), and ‘Napoleon’ (due to his diminutive
stature and autocratic demeanour), has finally fallen on his sword!
The wonderful story here is
that several faculty members complained to the Ministry ofSuede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966286076093915365.post-34902875264284597582016-06-27T15:23:00.000+03:002016-08-03T01:15:12.236+03:00"HCT is a disaster ... a very dark and sad institution"Suede is very happy to present the latest correspondence from an extremely disgruntled former HCT employee. Any further comment from me would be superfluous, so just read and ... Enjoy!
Dear Suede
Would you please post my story on your website. I had an awful experience, which fortunately ended in May 2016, at the Abu Dhabi HCT for Women.
I was recruited to teach onSuede Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02932187288413488257noreply@blogger.com21