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University of California Berkeley Reviews
Updated Sep 22, 2023
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Pros
- "Our boss has always been great and the people you work with are all very engaging." (in 241 reviews)
- "The campus is beautiful and the students are laid back and a pleasant environment to working." (in 91 reviews)
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- "The low pay means that you have to put in alot of work hours to get a decent salary." (in 222 reviews)
- "The university will overwork you and allow terrible managers to succeed at the expense of their underlings." (in 19 reviews)
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- 5.0Sep 22, 2023Graduate StudentFormer Employee
Pros
Great place to study and build connections
Cons
The facilities are too old
- 4.0Sep 20, 2023Associate Director, Career ServicesCurrent Employee, more than 5 years
Pros
Career services team has a strong culture of innovation, is student-centered and the staff are earnestly engaged in developing and deploying DEIB principles and practices . Good work-life balance compared to private sector.
Cons
It's a public university so negotiating offers is very difficult and not merit based. Large bureaucracy that can be challenging to navigate and slow to change compared to private sector.
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University of California Berkeley has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 4,093 reviews left anonymously by employees. 88% of employees would recommend working at University of California Berkeley to a friend and 65% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
88% of University of California Berkeley employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated University of California Berkeley 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at University of California Berkeley to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be culture, management, compensation.
