The most disorganized place I have ever worked. My entire career has been in Universities and the practices here go BEYOND the normal dysfunction the University environment.
They don't follow or even know their own policies. One of the HR groups was allowed to be staffed with only 1 person, with no apparent support for this person. . In my 2 years there HR had 2 full turnovers of staff. My own dept had 80% of the staff turn over twice in the 2 years.
They take over a year to resolve HR investigations into work place bullying, slander, and misconduct. In retrospect I believe this is not only a result of inefficiency but also a targeted strategy to burn out the CA State statute of limitations so that you cannot sue.
They do not remove extremely toxic and abusive employees, even though there is a 0% NO Bullying policy, it is not enforced. This policy is a big component of their annual HR training. Just about every dept I worked with had a toxic employee that contributed to high turnover.
They do not address the root cause of high turnover in the administrative departments. Managers do not manage people. There is no strategic planning, even though the words are used. There is no accountability. Many people work at UCLA for benefits but have side gigs that that actually pay the bills, meaning they don't do their UCLA job.
The main motivator of the Administrative unit is to avoid being in the LA Times and not actually fixing deeply rooted inefficiencies and incorrect or outdated work practices.
