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      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (649 total reviews)

      Dorothy Leland

      75% approve of CEO

      50% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      UC Merced has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 649 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UC Merced 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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      649 reviews
      5.0
      Aug 6, 2014

      Research associate

      Research associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Isolated location, good for performing research.

      Cons

      Isolated location, thus performing research.

      5.0
      Aug 6, 2014

      Opportunity

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Friendly staff and environment and working with motivated students that want to succeed. Although UC Merced is fairly new, they definitely are making a name for themselves

      Cons

      City of Merced can be a little scary at night but not the University itself

      4.0
      Jul 27, 2014

      Amazing colleagues, pioneering culture

      Associate professor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Faculty colleagues are incredible, dynamic, creative people, always going well beyond what is required to help build the first research university in California's Central Valley. There is a pioneering spirit at UC Merced that infuses all elements of faculty life: research, teaching, and service. The low teaching load gives you plenty of time to work on research. Low cost of living means that faculty salaries will actually enable you to buy a nice house and live well.

      Cons

      Senior administration used to be very poor but has recently gone through a huge turnover. Faculty salaries do not even begin to do justice to the number of hours faculty actually work. Students are not always prepared to be at a UC campus. Infrastructure can be shoddy at times, e.g., power failures in buildings that house research equipment.

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