UC Merced reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(650 total reviews)

Dorothy Leland

75% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

UC Merced has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 650 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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650 reviews
1.0
May 14, 2023

Run far far away

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Low cost of living in Merced

Cons

Management is full of failed upwards individuals. R2 resources, R1 expectations. Incompetent, adversarial administration & staff. Toxic, gossip ridden, backstabbing departmental culture.

5.0
Apr 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Remote work friendly. Great people. Reasonable, caring management. Feels great to help students and the University is highly rated. Lots of holidays. Great benefits. Calpers Pension.

Cons

Some growing pains from being the newest University in the UC system.

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