Is UCLA a good company to work for?

UCLA has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 6,414 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at UCLA to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about UCLA have been left by employees working as Peer Learning Facilitator , Resident Physician and Undergraduate Researcher .

Does UCLA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, UCLA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at UCLA. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at UCLA?

77% of UCLA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated UCLA 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at UCLA?

Research Assistant (202) , Teaching Assistant (170) , Graduate Student Researcher (164) , Administrative Assistant (121) , Postdoctoral Fellow (113) , Graduate Student (103) , Graduate Research Assistant (88) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (86) , PhD Student (67) , Postdoctoral Scholar (67) , Postdoctoral Researcher (65) , Student Worker (63) , Student Assistant (58) , Registered Nurse (56) , Researcher (55)

What are the pros of working at UCLA according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and class material is interesting." ((in 542 reviews)); "The people I worked with were great and that was one of the best reasons I enjoyed my work experience at ucla." ((in 286 reviews)); "The campus is beautiful and it is a dream place to work if you like research in social sciences." ((in 226 reviews)); "Flexible hours and you get to take on as many people as you want to tutor" ((in 214 reviews)); "I love teaching and work environment is good." ((in 116 reviews))

What are the cons of working at UCLA according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and if you don’t publish you can really hurt your chances of getting a job after." ((in 330 reviews)); "Salary and raises very low for level of responsibilities and expectation (25% below fair market value)" ((in 234 reviews)); "Management was poor and slow to get back to you." ((in 110 reviews)); "parking is expensive and not always convenient to where you work." ((in 104 reviews)); "There is absolutely no formal training for the job function you are about to do." ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about UCLA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about UCLA layoffs and their outlook for job security at UCLA in 2026.

What UCLA locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Lake Arrowhead , East Los Angeles , New York , San Francisco , UCLA , Los Angeles , Westwood Village , Westwood , Santa Monica , West Los Angeles

UCLA reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,742 total reviews)

Gene D. Block

70% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

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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4.0

Jan 2, 2009

UCLA: A great place to retire from

Programmer analyst ii

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Pros

UCLA offers a great benefits package including a pension. I would recommend it as a good place to retire from. The pay is not as great as the private sector but the job security can't be beat. I will likely return here at a later stage in my career. It is great to be in the university environment. It is a diverse community with people from all races, nationalities, ages and disciplines. There are so many departments that if you are not comfortable in there is plenty of opportunity to move around. Good career advancement structure provides well-defined paths to advance your career.

Cons

On a strict salary basis, the pay is not as attractive as private sector. Parking is expensive.

3.0

Dec 7, 2008

Good stable environment but little room to grow

Staff research associate

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Pros

The evironment is friendly and everyone pretty much knows your name after the first week. They are flexible with work hours and they allow you to take time off if necessary without much trouble. Benefits are average for a university but they give you a pension plan after you work 20+ years and they do provide you options for transportaiton to school without breaking the bank. Depending on the boss, there isn't much politics you would have to do in order to get things done. Starting out work for new experiences would work out best here before you transistion into the real world.

Cons

Don't expect to move up the corporate ladder so easily because people are around for 20+ years at the same job. Your work doesn't get appreciated with salary or career advancement so alot of people tend to do just average at their job. Paperwork tends to be extremely difficult because everything has to get processed through the regents office before coming back to you, espeically reinbursements. Things can get kinda boring after a year and your learning curve will plateau after a few years. Longevity is key at this university, but would not be good for a lab position after a year or two.

4.0

Nov 21, 2008

Engineering Intern in Facilities Management

Engineering assistant

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Pros

I was working in an internship position that gave me a lot of flexibility and provided a great learning opportunity. My boss was very concerned with my education and would go to great lengths to help me in my understanding. He assigned me reasonable tasks and gave me a great deal of leeway to get them accomplished. There was a good level of interaction among employees and everyone was glad to help me when I needed clarification or more information. I was able to take time off when I needed to and I was relatively free in choosing my hours.

Cons

The pay at UCLA was not as great as working at other engineering internships as I have had in the past. A lot of the tasks that I was required to do were kind of repetitive, and some of the working conditions were rather extreme, it being often quite hot and noisy, and needing to work around steam piping a great deal of the time was rather dangerous, although proper safety precautions were taught and implemented. I did not see a great deal of opportunity for developing a career that would have been very fulfilling, it would have been tedious work that I did not find very stimulating.

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