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4.1

76% would recommend to a friend

(5,738 total reviews)
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Gene D. Block

70% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

UCLA has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,738 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 Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Mar 11, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

There are so many reasons to work for SEASlab. If you are on work study, there are very few jobs that will be better. At SEASlab, you will be assigned your shift based on your available hours, and this is good for five weeks at a time. There are also many oppurtunities to pick up available shifts since coworkers might have unanticipated class meeting or study to attend to. The management do not mind if you study your homework while on the job as long as you perform your job duties first. You can work as little as two hours per shift if that is all you are available for that day.

Cons

There are not enough hours since the staff size is very large. The hours to be worked are determined and set for five weeks at a time and cannot be changed. However, there are many opportunities to pick up and cover coworkers' shifts. The night hour shift is set at six hour block from 8pm to closing. But the work is not difficult and work students have plenty of time to do study or do their homework on the job. The management do not mind this as long as the work duties are performed first without any negligence. So, there are not that many downsides.

4.0
Feb 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Freedom; academic culture allows significant leeway in performing tasks that you want to do rather than tasks that corporate forces you to do. Because there are not necessary bottom lines in academic research, it is significantly easier to approach new avenues and methods of approaching scientific problems without an overt emphasis on returns and sustainability; in short, high-risk propositions do not have to be backed up with profit numbers and the only prerequisite is to achieve goals within a certain timeframe. This leads to much better job satisfaction and flexibiity in tasks, which in turn does a great deal to alleviate the typical tedium associated with a 9-5.

Cons

Due to the academic nature of the environment, progress can be slow and funding for projects are based on public monies or grants which can be difficult to obtain. Also, personal investment with the various projects in the workplace certainly improve morale, in that researchers have a vested interests in the projects that they pursue. The downside to this is that too much personal investment leads to extended work hours and effort without monetary benefit or gain. As such work is voluntary, it cannot be listed as a large downside, but nevertheless graduate student researchers often end up working much longer than their peers in the industry for a fraction of the pay.

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