Does UCLA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, UCLA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at UCLA. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at UCLA?

77% of UCLA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated UCLA 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at UCLA?

Research Assistant (202) , Teaching Assistant (170) , Graduate Student Researcher (164) , Administrative Assistant (120) , Postdoctoral Fellow (113) , Graduate Student (103) , Graduate Research Assistant (88) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (86) , PhD Student (67) , Postdoctoral Scholar (67) , Postdoctoral Researcher (65) , Student Worker (63) , Student Assistant (58) , Registered Nurse (56) , Researcher (55)

What are the pros of working at UCLA according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and class material is interesting." ((in 538 reviews)); "The people I worked with were great and that was one of the best reasons I enjoyed my work experience at ucla." ((in 291 reviews)); "The campus is beautiful and it is a dream place to work if you like research in social sciences." ((in 227 reviews)); "Hours are flexible and easily available with overtime pay for holidays and late night shifts." ((in 210 reviews)); "I love teaching and work environment is good." ((in 117 reviews))

What are the cons of working at UCLA according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and if you don’t publish you can really hurt your chances of getting a job after." ((in 320 reviews)); "Salary and raises very low for level of responsibilities and expectation (25% below fair market value)" ((in 238 reviews)); "Management was poor and slow to get back to you." ((in 113 reviews)); "parking is expensive and not always convenient to where you work." ((in 102 reviews)); "Workload, low pay, limited training for non" ((in 23 reviews))

What are employees saying about UCLA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about UCLA layoffs and their outlook for job security at UCLA in 2026.

UCLA reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,741 total reviews)

Gene D. Block

70% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

UCLA has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,741 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

2.0

Dec 9, 2021

great place to work if you have a good manager/ if not, it will be awful

Human resources specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great benefits lots of resources and training

Cons

protects managers even when they break laws does not give employees a voice when reporting things such as not being able to eat lunch or not being paid after hours, they will fire you rather than listen to you and talk to your manager. just keep your mouth shut is the policy

2.0

Nov 24, 2021

Don't be fooled by the name

Senior lvn

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice pay, cheap insurance, free dental

Cons

Mandatory retirement 9% out of your check, atmosphere is not conducive to learning

1.0

Oct 12, 2021

Horrible Place to work, No Respect or Empathy from Management

Catering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None. Nothing good to say.

Cons

Management are heartless and lack any sense of urgency. More than half the department has quit in the last six month and they still don't get it. Any other F&B operation you work, managers will work on the weekends or evenings in F&B to help cover. I have never seen a management staff that is so opposed to working at night or weekends. I don't understand why in a F&B operations that the management thinks its ok to all work Monday-Friday 9 -5. They treat working on the weekends like its a plague.

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