UC San Diego Reviews

Former Employee – worked at UC San Diego

Pros – the academic culture was very rewarding

Cons – relatively low pay of job

Current Employee – been working at UC San Diego part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – -Flexible hours
-Priority Enrollment
-Passionate and capable co-workers
-Supportive staff working in Admissions Office

Cons – -unable to schedule a lot of hours

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at UC San Diego part-time for less than a year

Pros – On-campus, convenient for students. Works around class schedule. Not stressful. Very relaxed during down-time

Cons – Not very exciting. It's your average dining hall job: bus tables, dish collection/washing, food prep

Advice to Senior Management – NA

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at UC San Diego full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – laid back campus environment, good benefits, flexible hours, great area and weather

Cons – expensive parking, some employees are too laid back at times, raises can be few and far between due to budget situation. Not all departments have the same amount of $$, gotta move around to move up

Advice to Senior Management – invest more in retaining the good ones

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at UC San Diego full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Near the beach, top quality science research, collaborative staff, great grad student union and health care benefits, many extracurricular opportunities, lots of PIs to choose from, decent food on campus, great athletic facilities, free shuttles

Cons – Campus location is far away from any really fun area of San Diego, can be a competitive atmosphere, lots of undergrads that get in the way, no parking

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at UC San Diego full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great institution, dynamic community, prestigious, good benefits

Cons – Advancement system slow and inflexible

Advice to Senior Management – Trim the bureaucratic excess

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at UC San Diego

Pros – Not hard so yeah, cool

Cons – Not growing, alright let's get this going

Current Employee – been working at UC San Diego full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – very good weather, good seminars, many opportunities for communication, cooperation and among the best graduate schools to attend. many bio-related companies around this area.

Cons – it is in la jolla, not in a big city, the bus transportation is not that convenient, the university is only good for engineering, other subjects, such as literature, laws, medicine are not that top.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at UC San Diego full-time for more than a year

Pros – Large campus, many resources
Many research opportunities
Professors try their best to help students be successful in their projects
Health care system is excellent for graduate student insurance

Cons – Can have unnecessary politics in office situations including pleasing professors over needs of students. You can get lost in the system due to the large school size, standing out is important.

Advice to Senior Management – For advising office, please make sure to research the classes you are assigning graduate students to teach. Placing graduate students in classes in their field gives much better results in terms of undergraduate education.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at UC San Diego as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – work life balance and pay for TAs is good.

Cons – transportation is difficult, other than that its a good place to work