Lack of leadership and accountability. - Anonymous employee UCLA Employee Review

1.0
Oct 6, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- There are a number of employees who are brilliant, extremely talented and kind people. - Quality reputation from the outside looking in. - Good benefits

Cons

- Everything you know about bad management is here. - Funds are constantly inappropriately allocated. Paying high fees to outside contractors where the same (most likely - much better) job can be done in-house. - Not rewarded or recognized for achievement unless you among the select few who ALWAYS get the pat on the back and some $$ added to their paycheck. - Huge employee turnaround. - Inability to think about the future of the organization strategically. - No opportunity to grow, advance within the department. - Low salaries for most employees (but high salaries for upper management). - Relatives, friends and friends of friends of senior leadership get hired for high positions (often incompetent and not qualified for the job), where qualified existing staff isn't even remotely considered for advancement. - Although there is a huge budget crisis, money is always found when a perfectly fine senior level manager's office needs to be "renovated" and new designer furniture bought.

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