UCLA reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,742 total reviews)
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Gene D. Block

70% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

UCLA has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,742 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The UCLA 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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1.0
Jun 7, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

(Some) talented and diligent department work colleagues. The professors. The alums.

Cons

I invite readers of these Glassdoor reviews to access the websites of UCLA colleges and their development (i.e., fundraising) departments. "Surface" the names and job titles of the fundraisers. (You might even get head shots.) Then ask yourself: do you see gender parity among their fundraisers? The fundraisers skew heavily female. In a contemporary workplace world of college graduates that is closer to a 50:50 gender ratio. Next, look up their Linkedin profiles. Access their educational attainment. Do you see a diversity of colleges and universities as their alma maters? No. UCLA disproportionately hires its own alums into their development departments. Where's the EEOC hiring diversity? The lack of hiring discrimination? "Alums hire alums." As a consequence, fresh thinking and new ideas and new practices never germinate. Groupthink and mediocrity are allowed to grow like kudzu.

1.0
May 27, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

-Paid during the pandemic full time for staying home -Medical Benefits -Pension

Cons

-Toxic Work Environment -Narcissistic and unethical managers -Bad Pay -Parking Fees -Mandatory 7% retirement contribution -Bad Employee dining food -Paid meals -6 month probation

2.0
Jan 19, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits as a part of the UC system. Great people.

Cons

Horrible pay. Don't expect raises beyond the cost of living adjustment. With the good people also come the bad ones. The ones that make you think how have they kept their job the past few years. The ones that in any normal private corporation they would have been immediately let go after the first 6-12 months. They are the ones who put the drag team morale. The only way to move up is to keep jumping department ships which is bad in general for UCLA

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