UCLA Reviews

Pros

Academic environment is very stimulating. Professors, academic staff and others are supportive of employee career growth. Classes can teach you a lot..

Cons

Traffic in Westwood can be problematic. Location is expensive. Job is demanding but rewarding. Competition is tough but brings out the best in employee.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. Motivate employees by training, education and on the job practice. Weekly meetings with employees to get feedback on their job satisfaction

Pros

the name and place are best to work

Cons

sometimes recognition of ones hardwork is difficult

Advice to Senior Management

open your eyes and look into the administration

Pros

The working hours are flexible and they will work around your schedule. Sometimes it's not too busy so it's nice. If you stick with it and put in the hours you will get promoted.

Cons

Pay is not as good as some other jobs on campus. Sometimes the library can get pretty busy and that is tiring.

Advice to Senior Management

The students employees, especially the Student Assistant IVs and the Library Assistant Is, can manage the circulation desk for the most part by themselves. No need to micromanage the circulation desk.

Pros

- Room and Board as compensation
- Development of marketable skills
- Good work environment and many opportunities for networking

Cons

- Department focuses too much on development at times
- Inefficient meetings
- Resident Assistants assigned many tasks unrelated to the job description and expectations

Advice to Senior Management

- Be flexible with your employees who also double as students
- Use positive reinforcement and encourage personal development at times

Pros

The work is quite interesting depending on adviser. Lots of instrumentation available.

Cons

Pay is very poor. New graduate students get automatic raises, older students do not.

Pros

Enormous exposure, work with the cutting edge

Cons

Management is not transparent, UC systems are bankrupt

Advice to Senior Management

Involve general members in decision making, there are no academics in the Regents

Pros

beautiful campus, conveniently located, a relatively diverse demographic and excellent networking opportunities if one is both charismatic, ambitious and persistent. daily amusement as well.

Cons

i don't even no where to start! First, you must know that ucla is only conducive to minimal growth if you do not know the right people and have an extroverted enough personality to smile or joke your way into an array of professional opportunities. The second and only thing you need to know is that UCLA is more blue than it is gold even when the sun is shining---and it shines often.

Advice to Senior Management

value student employee professional development in an active way, encourage your employers to discontinue drawing distinctions between student workers and full time employees---it's divisive and therefore counterproductive (and a bit unfair too).

Pros

Good environment
friendly coworkers
great dining options

Cons

Location for commute is awful

Pros

very relaxed and fun environment to work in. there is always someone there to chat with. work here if you like interacting with many different characters

Cons

some residents were very rude and difficult to deal with. management is a little oblivious so some of the problems faced by the staff

Advice to Senior Management

the management at uan should work in the field more often to fully understand the staff and their decision making process.

Pros

great location and people. I have learned a lot from my colleagues and enjoy the team work. I have also learned leadership skills in the environment.

Cons

the pace here is a little laidback sometimes but it is mostly because of the whole atmosphere in the city LA.

Advice to Senior Management

The leadership at UCLA is remarkable. Most of the leaders here are outstanding and earn respects from students and faculties.