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The leading university exclusively focused on health, UC San Francisco is driven by the idea that when the best research, the best education and the best patient care converge, great breakthroughs are achieved. All four UCSF professional schools, virtually all UCSF graduate ...
Mission: UC San Francisco's overarching mission is "advancing health worldwide."

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UC San Francisco Reviews

4.1
78%
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80%
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485 Ratings
5.0
Current Employee, more than 1 year

"great place to work"

Mar 24, 2023 - Bioinformatics Programmer in San Francisco, CA
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Positive Outlook
Approves of CEO

Pros

excellent intellectual and collaborative environment. top tier research institute. great benefits.

Cons

pay is not as competitive as industry, but that's a given.
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Diversity & Inclusion at UC San Francisco

4.2
(639 Reviews)

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...There's a lot of lip service about diversity and inclusion but the place is run predominantly by older, cishet, white men, and it shows....Read More

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UC San Francisco Interviews

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Positive71%
Negative12%
Neutral17%
Getting an Interview
Applied online67%
Employee Referral14%
In Person7%
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  1. Postdoctoral Fellow Interview

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    Interview

    Skype interview with principal investigator, presentation interview in person to lab and other labs in the department on PhD work. Offer followed shortly after - comes from PI then HR department follow up
    Interview

    All questions around why the lava research interests you and you’d PhD work / skills

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UC San Francisco Awards & Accolades

  • Best Places to Work for CommutersNational Center for Transit Research at USF2012
  • Best Workplaces for CommutersNational Center for Transit Research at USF2010

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What is paid time off like at UC San Francisco?

...Inspiring community of researchers, decent benefits for a public university, flexible work hours, 20 days of PTO and 13 paid Federal holidays a year, great retirement benefits, legal insurance benefit program...

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Employees rate UC San Francisco 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 2,580 anonymous reviews on Glassdoor.

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Overall, 78% of employees would recommend working at UC San Francisco to a friend. This is based on 2,331 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.

71% of job seekers rate their interview experience at UC San Francisco as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at UC San Francisco.

70% of employees think that UC San Francisco has a positive business outlook. This is based on anonymous employee reviews submitted on Glassdoor.

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