Pros
Great Benefits / Great Benefits / Great Benefits. You need to look at the whole compensation package because (as a once finance person there) what UCSF pays you *say 65K as your take home, and what UCSF pays for you are two different things. The company pays about 40% more on top of what you take home, in benefits for you. so you are really making 65K+40% more. Good work/life balance but only IF you personally take advantage of it.
Cons
I did not take advantage of the work/life balance and worked a ton. That is why I was very frustrated and got bitter and burned out. There are also a ton of office politics and gossip which is to be expected from an institution that is THE LARGEST employer in SF along with "lifer's" (aka: people who plan on retiring from there) so 50% of people slack off all day and 50% of people do everything.