UC San Diego Reviews

Former Employee – worked at UC San Diego as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Great people, good connections, fun experience

Cons – Big time commitment, low pay

Advice to Senior Management – Don't hire people just because you are friends with them

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 as an intern

Pros – Fantastic flexibility and fascinating research opportunities
getting to work with world class researchers on cutting edge devices and areas of research

Cons – Difficult to remain focused in the beautiful climate with beaches so nearby, Inconvenient parking access for just about every body.

Current Employee – been working at UC San Diego full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Beautiful and prestigious university with lots of amazing research going on.

Cons – HR does not follow their own rules for granting pay raises and for hiring new employees. Wages are too low, benefits are being reduced all the time, and we have to pay to work here due to very poor public transport to the campus.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at UC San Diego

Pros – Co-workers
Environment
People
Alumni Interactions
Flexibility

Cons – No room for growth
High Turnover

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

Pros – Good healthcare coverage, great coffee at the coffee cart, good beer at the pub after work.

Cons – HR is slow, and paychecks have mistakes (or don't show up) more often than I would expect.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at UC San Diego part-time for less than a year

Pros – you are usually left alone to teach as you see fit so they trust you as an Instructor.

Cons – You never know if you will have any hours from one quarter to the next. Also, you are expected to work more hours than you get paid for. Management can be unsupportive and and sometimes bitchy.

Advice to Senior Management – Respect employees and realize that they have bills to pay and families to take care of so cutting hours at the last minute can effect a whole family.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend