Working for UC is like working for WalMart - Anonymous employee UC Riverside Employee Review

1.0
Jan 30, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hours, distance from home. But thats really about it. There's not a whole lot of good.

Cons

To say they underpay their employees is a huge understatement. Severely underpaid, overworked, no room to grow, have to pay for parking and parking is terrible, forced to pay into the pension plan at 7% of your pay, if you're a union member you wont be eligible for merit raises.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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