UCLA reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,740 total reviews)
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Gene D. Block

70% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

UCLA has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,740 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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6K reviews
1.0
Feb 8, 2026
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Pros

Lots of holidays and time off Low pressure because nobody cares 100 percent remote because of lack of real estate

Cons

Upper management is out of touch and tone deaf, with no tech skills. Universally hated my everyone who isn't new or a chronic brown noser. Directorships are populated by lackeys from their previous tenure at USC. A "new org" was created requiring everyone to apply for new jobs or get fired. Many people got pay cuts for taking jobs with more responsibilities. They are gonna do it again and fire a ton of people in trying to smash all 40-something IT groups together. Massive waste, projects will spend hundreds of millions then have the plug pulled with nothing to show for it Braindead change control Vapid staff meetings with obligatory Land Acknowledgements that we all make fun of privately Zero culture Most long time (pre 2013) staff are just waiting for their pension to max out to bail Zero career advancement opportunities, subpar pay

5.0
Feb 8, 2026

Great!

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Pros

Loved working with the students

Cons

The pay wasn't amazing but it's a grad school job

3.0
Feb 6, 2026

Reader

Recommend
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Pros

Not lots of work you need to do

Cons

Got really minimum payment. I don't like it

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