UC Irvine Employee Reviews

Little opportunities for upward growth. Leadership wants "yes" people rather than people actually trying to do the right thing. Insurance isn't as good as other companies.

no avenues for upward mobility. cost of living is to omuch, and unless you're a 6 to 7 figure executive, you will not be able to sustain living in the Irvine area. THe community is toxic, and unfriendly, and the chancellor touts free speech, but his own employ experiences workplace persecution.

Best place to work if you are looking for work life balance and highly accomplished and easy to work with teams.

positive experience, learning environment and opportunities to improve and grow

I used to love it and was so proud to work here. I've been at UCI for 15 years. However, since moving from an administrative to an academic unit, I find many faculty extremely arrogant and dismissive. It's a major turn-off, and I'm now aggressively looking for other work.

Good listeners and always care for your well being.

Enthusiasm, passion, knowledge, communication skills

I have freedom to perform my tasks

communicatiing downstream. the execs here are out of touch with the greater community, and seem to only fend for themselves, with little to no concern for the personal stability of it's employ. They offer a lot of lip service to it though,

Staff at UCI are overworked and underpaid. The workload is massive, and we're told there's no money to hire additional people. Recognition is not enough when multiple staff members have nervous breakdowns. And stop hiring under-qualified and incompetent managers to save money on salaries.

To work together as a unit.

More compassion for their employees.

paid vacation and sick leaves

Retirement plan is very good

no acknowledgement of my skill set. workplace compliance is more important than professional performance. the level of trust between employees is next to non-existent.

I took 50% pay cut to work at UCI. Pay is not anywhere close to the market rate.

We are incredibly overworked. Every individual does the job of 3 people (or more). Management and senior leadership do not care as long as the bare minimum is achieved. The message is very clear: You and your contributions are not important enough to adequately support. We don't count.

more money would be good.

Easy to get along with.

Team work, passion and enthusiasm

Rank and file staff are amazing. We all pull together to get the job done, and we really care about each other. We trust each other's competencies and lift each other up.

Some of the teams are nice people

my coworkers would rather be right and control bad decision making than to listen to all people involved in workplace decision making, and create better solutions. people have been placed in positions based on nepotism and not merit.

they need to be more interactive and productive

Appreciate work from home policy and appreciate all small gestures of being appreciated.

passion, enthusiasm, knowledge and teamwork

The benefits are good, and there's less age discrimination. People are more open to hiring experienced personnel.

I get to perform my work at my pace and develop my project as I see it within limits

honest communication and a true team environment.

Be honest with employees. Empower employees. Change Dean Stamos and hire non corrupt individuals.

Questions were relevant to my work and the job posting.

encouraging, open, welcoming and organized

Nothing in particular. Average. Recruitment process takes a long time (at least six months, even for junior positions).

It is relaxed and you interact with all individuals in the workplace

Too many panel interviews and multiple steps. The online application process is not user-friendly.

More information on the reality of working for UCI

Helping students get higher education

Being appreciated when a task is accomplished.

Learning experience, faculty, patients and coworkers

Workload is insanely heavy; hire more staff. Stop hiring under-qualified and incompetent managers just to save money. Put some actual effort behind the lip service paid to staff appreciation. Show us that we matter by actually supporting us instead of paying lip service to "recognition".

Bad leadership, poor facilities, poor patient care.