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    UC San Francisco Reviews

    Updated November 13, 2018
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    • "Benefits are poor, work-life balance is poor, salary is very low for Bay area" (in 22 reviews)

    • "not much room for growth if you are an assistant or analyst" (in 12 reviews)

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    1. "perfect"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UC San Francisco part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      they have very kind and welcoming workers

      Cons

      Comfortable place, welcoming colleagues. Best place to work in research

    2. "Great academic environment"

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      Former Employee - Lead Scientist in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Lead Scientist in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at UC San Francisco full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Extremely interesting people with clever ideas and passion for work

      Cons

      Very low salaries and not competitive at all in a city like San Francisco

      Advice to Management

      Appreciate your personnel and make them stay by paying them more. Postdoctoral fellows extremely well qualifies people that are getting paid very low salaries that do not correspond to their level of qualifications and experience

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    3. "PhD Graduate Research Assistant"

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      Current Employee - PhD Graduate Student in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - PhD Graduate Student in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at UC San Francisco full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Friendly, collaborative work environment
      Sufficient access to lab resources

      Cons

      Minimal housing assistance
      Lacking conflict resolution mechanism between PIs and students

    4. "Great University and smart people"

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      Current Employee - Specialist in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Specialist in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UC San Francisco full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great research team and super talented people around the world get together to help people! Relaxing environment and less pressure like industry! Close to golden gate park (Parnassus campus) ! If you would like to stay in academic position forever it's great university and environment! if you are looking for money it's not place you're looking for and you're in wrong place!

      Cons

      There is no much space for growing! Take too much time to get promoted!

    5. "Postdoc"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at UC San Francisco full-time

      Pros

      Health insurance, PTO and paid sick days.

      Cons

      Salary compared to tech industry and high living cost in SF.

    6. "Specialist"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UC San Francisco full-time

      Pros

      Great science but depending on the lab

      Cons

      Unless you are a professor, salaries are low

    7. "Sink or Swim"

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      Former Employee - Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator in San Francisco, CA

      I worked at UC San Francisco part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      + Cutting-edge research
      + Good benefits
      + Flexible schedule
      + Awesome shuttle system
      + Super helpful IT team

      Cons

      - Overworked and underpaid; expect to work extra hours without compensation and very little appreciation
      - Lack of support and training/mentoring
      - Unclear expectations and guidance on how to improve
      - Unclear rules and procedures for tedious administrative tasks

      Advice to Management

      If you want to maintain your high standards for quality research, you need to properly train your CRCs/ACRCs and give them the support they need to do their jobs.

    8. "Good First Job"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at UC San Francisco full-time

      Pros

      Good for getting experience before going back for a graduate degree. Can be lenient in terms of schedule.

      Cons

      Not a ton of room for growth or rather slow growth. Bureaucratic and slow.

    9. "Research Coordinator"

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      Former Employee - Clinical Research Coordinator in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Clinical Research Coordinator in San Francisco, CA
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at UC San Francisco full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      It is a beautiful campus to work in, and you receive great experience interacting with the patients in a clinical setting.

      Cons

      Highly underpaid for the amount of work that is assigned. There is no clear communication between upper management and HR.

      Advice to Management

      There is little-no management. Rather there are multiple supervisors who assign responsibilities, and do not cross-check with each other when those tasks are conflicting. Managers do not know how to mentor their research coordinators, as would be expected of someone in a managerial role.

    10. "Good place to work"

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      Current Employee - Junior Specialist
      Current Employee - Junior Specialist
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UC San Francisco full-time

      Pros

      Its a university..they're all the same.

      Cons

      Working as a research tech is truly akin to being a cog.

      Advice to Management

      n/a

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