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      UCSF Health

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      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

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Senior management

      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
      Dec 31, 2008

      A great place to work with much room for improvement.

      Manager, functional area
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is a feeling of pride that comes from working at a Top 10 Medical Center. It's as if you are part of something very important, leading edge and helpful to all. I'm in excess of 20 years from retirement age but I'm told that the retirement package is excellent. In addition, salaries offered are in-line or above industry averages for similar positions. Further, an intangible is the feeling of collegiality in this little city within the city.

      Cons

      (1) No parking. If you are not amongst the lucky few to have parking privileges then you will have a miserable time finding parking space around the facility. (2) Some folks think a bit too highly of themselves and it shows in the way they deal with folks several rungs below the career ladder. (3) It is very frustrating to see money being wasted because of poor processes. (4) Unions - some of the folks in the variety of unions staffed at the Medical Center are severly hurting the bottom line - very poor work quality/habits. (5) Everyone seems so busy that good ideas are quashed.

      2.0
      Oct 22, 2008

      Reality

      postdoctoral
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Investigators are leaders in their fields of study and if one can afford the low pay as a sacrifice in order to work there, all will be fine. UCSF does have an extensive program to help post-docs transition to independent positions after completing their fellowship - this program needs to used by more post-docs as it represents an excellent recourse. Very wealthy research institute, well equipped with the latest instrumentation, and facilities are pleasant to work in - modern. Lots of community efforts to have post-docs socialize and exchange ideas in order to promote collaborations for now and in the future.

      Cons

      Work like a slave, no security, low salary in a very expensive city. If an international post-doc, UCSF uses Visa status as a means to take advantage of employees - i.e. threatening cancellation of Visa consistently. Very little room for promotion, MD's valued far and above Ph. D's, benefits for post-docs could be much better, especially vision and dental.

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