UCLA Reviews

I have been working at UCLA as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Work/life balance, nice people, opportunities

Cons – Temp for a long time

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

I have been working at UCLA full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – great faculty
great researchers
some intelligent students
friendly staff

Cons – faculty are often overworked and stressed
staff work strictly 9-5 and sometimes more like 10-4

Advice to Senior Management – I'm not sure what management could do better.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at UCLA part-time

Pros – Friendly, welcoming work environment. Great weather. Great location.

Cons – A little bureaucratic. But I believe most state colleges and universities are similar in this category.

I have been working at UCLA

Pros – Many available resources for learning

Cons – None that comes to mind.

I have been working at UCLA full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great health, vision, and dental. Great free programs for staff such as tai chi and yoga. People are generally nice.

Cons – Getting paid what your worth is hard to get, many labs try to under pay their employees for their experience. Also the fact that I have to pay $68 dollars a month to park at my own job is completely unreasonable

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at UCLA full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The campus itself if nice and the surrounding city has a lot of restaurants. Health benefits are good. Vanpool service is convenient.Having this prestigious university in your resume is also a plus.

Cons – I was started at the lowest hourly rate for my position, which was fine since I did not have much experience. I was told that an increase would be requested for me once I received more training and experience. After three years of working here, the only raise I've received was the campus-wide salary increase of 3%, all while several coworkers have gotten equity increases during that span of time. I think that is because management plays favorites, and neglects everybody else. Even after requesting to be put into consideration for an equity increase, I was told that they are no longer putting through requests for the time being. Proper training is limited; they just throw you in a classes after classes without showing you how they all connect. Fund management classes are useful for people who already have some experience with the job responsibilities, not for new employees. Opportunities for advancement seem hard to come by. Department director seems to be set on implementing rules without her staff's input. Office has high turnover rate. Hard work goes unrecognized, too much politics, no investment in employees, work is monotonous. The only reason I've stayed this long is because of co-workers, but at this point, even that is not enough.

Advice to Senior Management – Hard working employees should be rewarded or at least made to feel appreciated, not ignored. Or else they might start looking for new job, as I am currently doing.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at UCLA full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good weather, good people, good opportunity

Cons – Expensive place, but not enough salary

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at UCLA

Pros – Work with students, feel like you are making a difference

Cons – Exploited and not paid enough

I worked at UCLA

Pros – I really learned a lot about myself and my strengths/weaknesses. I made memories I will cherish for a lifetime. Honestly, it's the best university in the world!

Cons – It was hard to manage all the activities I was involved with and school. Budget your time well.

I worked at UCLA as a contractor for more than 10 years

Pros – If you end up on the campus side there is more likelihood of advancement

Cons – As a staff employee you often are powerless to make system changes. Procedures can be antiquated even though this is a 5 star school.

Advice to Senior Management – Check yourself. The constant upheaval in the school among faculty is crazy and often staff is caught in the middle

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend