UC Davis Reviews in Sacramento, CA Area

Pros

This review is specific to Campus Recreation's Youth Programs. The camps run for ten weeks of the summer, so are ideal for students. It's good experience for tutoring or childcare positions later, but you will still need Early Childhood Education to get a better-paying job elsewhere. Within Campus Rec, most people come back for second or third years. If you want to take on more responsibility, it was easy to apply for Student Manager positions. We had lots of opportunities to make contacts with the UCD staff and admins who signed their kids up, as well as within Campus Rec. Can work full time or half time during the summer. During school year, can also volunteer to work at spring break or winter break camps for extra cash.

Cons

My student manager was a first-timer and still figuring out the job, so our year-end reviews were basically the only feedback we got. I prefer more specific, one-on-one criticism and encouragement. I had a great experience, though. Not many cons come to mind.

Advice to Senior Management

I'd have liked to see more feedback, like a mid-year evaluation instead of just the year-end meeting and peer reviews. I'd like to see a camp manager or program manager sit in on classes.

Pros

Flexible schedual, decent pay, amazing co-workers and management that are always will to teach you. Overall a very fun atmosphere, and the work was rewarding to know you are contributing to the greater scientific community

Cons

You probably wont ever get rich working in the field. It has does have a general cap and at times the work load can suddenly raise for a week or two depending on other external factors beyond the managers control

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to hire on undergrads. It gives them the opportunity they need in this growing field in order for them to be competitive by the time they graduate.

Pros

Good to work with nice professor inagriculture.

Cons

Sometimes work come in the same period and make you tired while you are pretty free in other peiriod in a quarter.

Pros

*great working environment
*all necessary tools provided
*professional experience gained
* technically and internship with minimum wage

Cons

* I am not critiqued as much as I would like
*more feedback on my work

Pros

-Work with great people, 99% students
-Strong company culture
-Opportunities for promotion
-Flexible hours
-Some of the best parties in Davis

Cons

-Smell like food all day
-Early morning, late night shifts

Advice to Senior Management

The Coffee House is a great place to work and I really enjoyed my time there. The management is great, my advice is to make sure the CoHo remains fun.

Pros

Rewarding experience, pretty good pay.

Cons

Not a lot of communication between the tutor and the learning skills center

Pros

- strong network
- pleasant coworkers and staff

Cons

little advancement or personal growth

Pros

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning offers great workshops and resources to help you become a better instructor and teaching assistant. Professors will generally be understanding of your schedule.

Cons

There will be almost no recognition of your ability or your efforts as an instructor. You will work shoulder to shoulder with people who do not care a lick about teaching and you will be paid the same no matter your ability or results.

Advice to Senior Management

If you choose to make teaching a priority, pay for performance.

Pros

The University of California at Davis provides an atmosphere of excellence. Some of the best and the brightest minds work here.

Cons

Davis is a smaller town, so it may not provide access to all of the amenities that larger cities can provide.

Pros

Overall, good leadership experience. The compensation is really great, especially compared to any other job you can get on campus. There are good opportunities to advance as a returning RA or SRA.

Cons

For me, the toughest part was taking on the "RA personality" that Student Housing expects. I felt a bit like I had to hide parts of who I was to avoid attracting negative attention due to their intense love of "diversity".

Advice to Senior Management

Overall, things are good. Just take into consideration that some members of "dominant" demographics may feel slightly ostracized as a result of the focus on diversity.