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1.0
Nov 1, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The campus is beautiful. Students and faculty have free access to LBTransit buses. I highly recommended using public transportation because parking on campus is nearly impossible unless you come when it's dark in the morning and leave when it's dark at night. Take advantage of the plays and performances offered at the Carpenter Center and other theaters on campus. Visit the Japanese garden on campus. Walk the entire campus, not just the corner of the campus where your department is located.

Cons

There is a great amount of turnover of faculty. The Retention, Tenure and Promotion process is a huge bureaucratic waste of time. Even if you achieve all the requirements for tenure and several enhancing criteria, your tenure depends on the composition of the committee making the decision, whether they like you or not, whether they are jealous of you or not, whether they are honest or not. Unfortunately, many tenured faculty who remain are mediocre at best.

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Cons

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

The work is engaging, meaningful and collaborative. I believe staff are generally treated like adults. Thanks to the union, the worker protections are, in the US, practically unparalleled. I don't need to explain vacation or sick days to my boss, I don't work outside my schedule, I don't fear retaliation or bullying and there is an ongoing campaign for salary step increases. Unlike many, the institution has not regressed in terms of inclusive values. This is a good place for people who want to be rewarded for integrity and playing by the rules rather than violating them. Hybrid roles are common. Work-life balance is good to excellent.

Cons

Pay is average, or below average compared to the California Community Colleges. To grow, in my experience, is to accept more committees, redundant meetings and politics, which can be demotivating for individual contributors not interested in becoming a manager. Often, the status quo is prized due to bureaucracy. Deliberations on tiny or common sense changes can take months or years. This can also be a good thing, as chaos and tech disruption is limited. Permanent employees can at times have little work but still come so there is a lot of talking.

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