UCSF Medical Center Employee Review

Former Employee – worked at UCSF Medical Center

Pros – Excellent benefits, good pay, more stability than UC campuses (payroll comes from patient fees, not state budget)

Cons – Senior leadership tends to celebrate how great they are while ignoring many of the 'little people'. When a manager or director is known to be problematic, whether due to personality or lack of ability, that manager/director is often left in their position to continue with business as usual. I know of people who suffered under bad managers for years with no help from senior leadership, even though they were clearly aware of the issue(s). Many managers who get into trouble don't get fired, they get reassigned. Meanwhile, some employees who are known to be ineffective and unproductive get raise after raise because their best skill is hobnobbing with senior leadership. Lots of politics and baby-kissing. Annual incentive pay (bonuses) are unfair, as directors get 10+% of their salary, while regular employees get no more than 5% of their salary. When you take the person's salary into consideration, it means most directors get 15-20k bonuses while regular employees get no more than 4k max.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention to the lower rank and file. Implement an annual review for managers/directors that includes direct employee interviews and critiques -- managers/directors critique their direct reports every year, why can't the direct reports critique their bosses? it's only fair. Institute a flat percentage for all employee bonuses (give directors 5% max like regular staff, they'll still rake in thousands).

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend