Pros
*I have made some friendships I hope to have for life. *If you decide to stick it out for 20 years, then you will hopefully get a pension if California doesn't go bankrupt. *Great opportunity to build resume, UCSF is nationally recognized and why I have had so much interest in another city/state.
Cons
There is alot so here it goes: 1. no bonuses - it is a non-profit so just understand that 2. annual performance increases are a complete joke - most people feel lucky if they get a 3 % annual; meanwhile the incompetent, bullying management average 10%. It is deeply insulting. 3. Controller's office refusal to allow working remotely except for their "friends" 4. Controller's office is not the organization you want to go into. The management and supervisors are terrible, purposely sabotage people's work and set people up for failure. If you get handed additional contracts, you will be denied any form of short-term raise. They want to overwork you and abuse you as an employee as much as possible. 5. In one year, we lost three supervisors and over fifteen (yes, really, fifteen) staff members who fled to departments. A few times people tried to leave and the management blocked offers. 6. The chancellor and vice chancellor are VERY aware of the problems. Instead of bringing in a fresh manager, they promoted one of the women who is the problem, while also not reprimanding two others who have formal complaints against them in the UC system. 7. You will have zero opportunity for promotion in the Controller's office so do not expect you will. 8. No amount of money is worth the abuse you will get for doing more with less. You will feel unappreciated and unrecognized, it is completely demoralizing. 9. I have had four promotional interviews with departments outside of the Controller's office and all four were blocked internally by management. Horrible people and I have been actively working on getting out of UCSF all together.