UCLA reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,749 total reviews)
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Gene D. Block

70% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

UCLA has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,749 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The UCLA 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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2.0
Jan 21, 2013

Not so good, but standard for a graduate student

Anonymous employee
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Pros

it's in la. some people like that.

Cons

faculty do not care about student, graduate or otherwise.

3.0
Jan 11, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Generally -- campus environment offers gym facilities (with a fee), interesting events (e.g. frequent lectures, seminars, performance and sporting events, etc.) and access to intelligent people. There's also ample opportunity to work with students, if that's your thing.

Cons

I've worked part-time in several different departments and in different positions, during my undergraduate and graduate time at UCLA. The work culture and experience can vary widely between departments, or labs. It can be difficult to predict this in advance of starting the position, without personally knowing someone already in the department or lab. Overall, I haven't had any problems, and in fact had great experiences at all of my positions. However, among my peers, I seem to be an anomaly. For example, some had technically incompetent supervisors, managers or colleagues. Others worked for faculty that was very out-of-touch, or labs with very little guidance (relatively common) and career development opportunities. Still others worked in very cut-throat, deadline-driven (e.g. for grants, publications, etc.) competitive environments. So it depends.

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