UC Davis reviews

4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(3,859 total reviews)
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67% positive business outlook

UC Davis has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,859 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The UC Davis employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
May 8, 2009
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Pros

UC Davis offers a generous benefits package to all employees, including health, dental and vision all covered for as low as $6.50 out of pocket. You can also find relative job stability/security, particularly if your job is protected in a union.

Cons

Unfortunately, you can also expect low pay (relative to private industry), slow career advancement, and no incentive for hard work. Like most jobs associated with the state government, promotions are based on time served (and occasionally favoritism) rather than ability or achievements. Recently, even cost of living raises were suspended, effectively halting the only form of raises some employees will ever see.

3.0
Mar 23, 2009
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Pros

Davis is a great little city. The ambiance is great and the people there are really friendly. I enjoyed working on cutting edge research, but found that I had a limited freedom to explore my own projects. Maybe it was just because I was a research associate.

Cons

There's not much to do in the town of Davis. That's a really big downside. You see the same bars and people at them over and over again. Its a real college orientatied town too. The closes big city is Sacramento, which in my opinion is one of the worst large cities in the state. Take what I say with a grain of salt though, who knows you might enjoy it.

5.0
Jan 15, 2009
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Pros

They have great access to resources and free classes on any subject you want. Also, Davis has a great small town feel, but is close to the Sacramento and San Francisco, as well as Tahoe where we go snowboarding every weekend.

Cons

UC system doesn't pay as high as other universities with respect to cost of living. However, in the long run, because we'll have access to better jobs, this is a short-term problem.

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