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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 25 UC Santa Cruz Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.3
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
3.5
Support You Get
4.3
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.2
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Teaching Assistant

"I loved living and working in Santa Cruz."

What do you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"Teaching is one of the best ways to reinforce what you have learned."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Always look to see if you can assist a professor especially if you are doing well in their class."

What don't you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"Pay was minimal if any, more about getting expierence."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep giving students the opertunity to teach and learn."

Assistant Manager

What do you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"This was a part time position on campus that I held during school."

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4.1
UC Santa Cruz (30)

4.5 Highest Rated in this Industry is Hulu (7)
3.2 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Mediacom Communications (30)
3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (2,822)
Project Superintendent

What do you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"Environment"

Operations Manager

"I was resident in Bolivia"

What do you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"I was in field"

What don't you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"I like work in Bolivia,"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"IT has cool,but,I moved USA"

Course Assistant

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Training Specialist

What do you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"Beautiful Location, very casual atmosphere, nice people"

What don't you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"Uninviting office set up, low pay, not enough work, bureaucracy"

Person You Work For 2.6 / 5 People You Work With 2.9 / 5 Work Setting 1.8 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1.6 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.7 / 5
Company Culture 1.4 / 5 Way You Work 3.6 / 5
Online Course Help Technician
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Associate Specialist

What do you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"The location of the place in a Red Wood Forest."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The University is in general a pleasent place to work, however, the culture of each research group is very different. I would advise people to get as much information as possible on the PI."

What don't you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"The PI and research group I worked with- micromanages everything and looses sight of what is important and priority."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Serious management training needed. Better control of PIs...understand that a University is a public institution and not their private Biotech company!"

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
eProcurement Administrator

What do you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"Zero stress, freedom to work on other things at work"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't just work here for the benefits, many employees consider UCSC the place where careers come to die. Every difficult to move out as private sector employers see UC workers as inferior."

What don't you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"Extremely low pay, uninviting atmosphere, budget cuts/layoffs, uninspired to work to my potential everyday"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make something actually happen, try to motivate the employees to 'try' in their jobs"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Operations Assistant

What do you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"Higher education institute, Education is field of work and I love to contribute the best for this organization."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself. Be truthful. Be pleasant. Be a good listener and answer accordingly to point."

What don't you like about working at UC Santa Cruz?

"Growth from the current position is becoming an issue and there is no step up position available."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Needs more interaction among employees. As a team , the team members should be allowed to bring their ideas."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Student Researcher

"This is a great place to study and do research. There is lot of freedom for doing good work here."

Person You Work For 3.7 / 5 People You Work With 3.7 / 5 Work Setting 3.7 / 5
Support You Get 3.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.7 / 5
Company Culture 3.7 / 5 Way You Work 3.7 / 5
UC Santa Cruz Employee

"The university cares for students, for RAs and TAs."

Person You Work For 3.7 / 5 People You Work With 3.7 / 5 Work Setting 3.7 / 5
Support You Get 3.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.7 / 5
Company Culture 3.7 / 5 Way You Work 3.7 / 5
UC Santa Cruz Employee

"Extremely high expectations for low pay. NO respect for lower level staff, we're there to get bullied. Staff and resources were cut, but the student pop. has increased significantly, increasing the workload. Staff are all working at least 3 jobs. No promotions. Impossible to get more than a mediocre performance review, which is only discouraging."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Maintenance Technician

"Good job, but under paid. Wish they offered a transition option for students employees who wish to stay on after graduation."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC Santa Cruz Employee

"I worked as a an undergrad research student at the Bionics Lab at UCSC. It was a fun and challenging experience! I am always inspired by the professor over-seeing it and by the lab members I worked with."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

UC Santa Cruz Reviews FAQs

Is UC Santa Cruz a good company to work for?

UC Santa Cruz has an overall rating of 4.1 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 25 UC Santa Cruz Review Ratings left anonymously by UC Santa Cruz employees, which is 5% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 92% of employees would recommend working at UC Santa Cruz.

Does UC Santa Cruz pay their employees well?

UC Santa Cruz employees earn $30,000 annually on average, or $14 per hour, which is 55% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 20 UC Santa Cruz employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find UC Santa Cruz Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at UC Santa Cruz?

92% of employees would recommend working at UC Santa Cruz with the overall rating of 4.1 out of 5. Employees also rated UC Santa Cruz 4.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.5 for Rewards You Receive, 3.3 for Growth Opportunities and 4.3 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at UC Santa Cruz?

According to our data, the highest paying job at UC Santa Cruz is a Professor at $111,000 annually. Browse UC Santa Cruz Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at UC Santa Cruz?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at UC Santa Cruz is a Resident Assistant at $16,000 annually. Browse UC Santa Cruz Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at UC Santa Cruz?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at UC Santa Cruz to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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