UCSF Health reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(903 total reviews)
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Suresh Gunasekaran

45% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

UCSF Health has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 903 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UCSF Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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903 reviews
2.0
Jun 27, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Location Great transportation system within the UCSF system Prestige if you're into that

Cons

Bureaucracy, ten fold UC is a place where those who enjoy bureaucracy go to live out their final working years What should be simplified tasks anywhere else are broken down into such minutia it will make your head spin or explode As a manager, you will be likely to take 2 steps forward and 3 steps back regularly. Tasks will feel like they are being repeated and tweaked until the life is sucked right out of them...and you. Be prepared.

3.0
May 23, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Outstanding faculty and co-workers. Attracts motivated, smart and driven people. Diverse patient base. Although advancement from within may not always be available, could be a good springboard for future job opportunities.

Cons

Very busy, at times under-staffed, and financially strained. Mentoring needs improvement, although it is difficult to find an appropriate venue for this as the work load is so great.

2.0
May 20, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

You can go to sleep at night knowing that, even if it's in a small, indirect way, you've contributed to improving the health and quality of life for many people. The benefits package is outstanding. If you live in SF, commuting is a dream; the Parnassus campus is right off the N-Judah, and UCSF offers free shuttle service to its other sites.

Cons

The biggest downside is the culture--- behavior that would be unacceptable in a 3rd grade classroom is tolerated here. I've worked at two other academic hospitals, and I find the abuse by physicians (toward staff) at UCSF to be shocking. Very little opportunity for mentoring or professional advancement for administrative/nonclinical positions. There is no incentive for bright, educated staff to stay beyond two years--- the benefits ARE terrific, but salaries are too low and not competitive. It breaks my heart to see UCSF continue to lose bright, talented folks, while holding onto the deadweights (who know that the bureaucracy will protect them forever). Labor Relations offers no support to managers. If you're interested in working in a school of medicine, look to Stanford. If you want to work in an outpatient setting, look to Sutter (CPMC).

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