UC Santa Cruz reviews

4.3

84% would recommend to a friend

(1,478 total reviews)
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George R. Blumenthal

69% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

UC Santa Cruz has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,478 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The UC Santa Cruz 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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3.0
Feb 18, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-ITS middle-managers generally do a good job of work/life balance -Gorgeous campus and surroundings -Great atmosphere and attitude of students and staff -Many staff were previously students and are committed to the University

Cons

-ITS Senior Management is extremely out of touch with the academic mission and the values of this organization that they, themselves, created and quote often -Several ITS Directors are not qualified for the high-level jobs they hold - not in touch with the employees, poor communicators, poor management skills -ITS needs to refocus their priorities towards the academic mission and re-think their policies towards this end. -Getting information about salary benefits and the like can be a frightening tumble into mis-information and people who don't seem to recognize the importance of their jobs. Several of us actually haven't gotten paid for a month due to payroll/HR staff errors.

3.0
Dec 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Able to multitask while monitoring lab means lab techs can work on homework and chat with friends while being paid.

Cons

It was often difficult to find subs when needing to miss work, but missing without a sub is completely unacceptable.

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