UCLA Engineering does not care about staff - Anonymous employee UCLA Employee Review

2.0
Jun 29, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Interesting and intelligent coworkers. Some positive interactions with Faculty. Great students. You would never feel embarrassed to say you work at UCLA.

Cons

Although UCLA School of Engineering is at the forefront of some of the most interesting research in the world, staff are so far removed from any of it that they find the work to be uninspiring, unnecessarily bureaucratic, inflexible, old-fashioned. There is no staff development and no staff advocacy on a policy level. Faculty and administration don't value good staff and don't understand why institutional memory is important, particularly in a university.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Good hours, flexible to student time schedule, allowed me to do homework on the job

Cons

Sometimes, other students don't take your full shift and leave like 30 mins of your shift if you give it up

4.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Working with students is satisfying and fulfilling. It also helps yourself retain information you have learned from past courses.

Cons

The Peer Learning Unit is poorly managed, and it is difficult to communicate with your supervisors.

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