A big institution means great opportunities but a lot of bureaucracy - Graduate Student Researcher UCLA Employee Review

3.0
Oct 10, 2013
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Pros

UCLA as an employer has great access to health care via the university's strong medical program, lots of interesting events at work (on campus), and excellent coverage and benefits inclusive of the LGBT community.

Cons

The university is very large, so bureaucracy runs rampant. If you have a problem, you usually have to contact multiple departments or personnel to get it taken care of. When I was working here as a graduate student, I ran into problems consistently with getting paid or reimbursed.

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Pros

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Cons

A colleague was laid off today. She was with UCLA for 10+ years. She got a meeting invite with 10 minutes notice. Her Director read out a cold statement that her position was eliminated and handed her over to the HR. Her manager came running to her cubicle and told her she had 2 minutes to pack up and leave. He insisted that he accompanied her to her car. Many other colleagues had similar or worse experiences. All Managers and Directors and above saved their jobs. And they sacrificed many individual contributors.

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