UC San Francisco Reviews

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UCSF, in recent years, has had little to no raises & pay is way less than similar industry research jobs. I ended up switching to tech (user research) to increase my salary and improve my work-life balance.

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Hard to gain upward mobility

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No diversity, salary is too low for the cost of living in San Francisco

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Academia and thus pay is lower than one could want. Lots of 'training' to be done to be up to code for OSHA that involves just staring at videos for hours.

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Salary is not very competitive

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UCSF has a caste system, and, in general, everyone who is not a doctor or a professor is not respected for their expertise. Doctors and professors get all the privileges and respect, including private offices, etc. regardless of the kind of work they do.

Others are not respected for their knowledge and can be made to feel humiliated. Many highly skilled staff give up contributing. There is no sense of teamwork where a project can benefit from different viewpoints and professions because the research environment champions single leaders (the people who get the grants) who are expected to call all the shots even when they know nothing about an area.

A lot of funding is based on grants and grants expire. Employment in those situations has an expiration date of at most 5 years, and most grants last for 1 year.

Although UCSF keeps putting up new buildings, very little money goes into maintenance. In the older buildings, it's pretty common to work in the middle of mouse infestations, cramped cubicles, and windowless rooms.

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None I can think of, maybe lower salary than industry

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Company is restructuring and expanding, causing a little confusion at times. Things sometimes change without notifying all the affected participants. The changes are showing how different departments interact, which is sometimes unexpected.

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"always short on staff," no lunch breaks

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Multiple campuses across the city. Awful for parking.
Shady management.