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Working at UC San Diego in San Diego, CA: 35 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Diego, CA Area

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On average, employees in San Diego, CA at UC San Diego give their company a 3.2 rating out of 5.0 based on 35, whereas overall Average Rating of UC San Diego is 4.3 out of 5.0 based on 112 UC San Diego Review Ratings. The happiest UC San Diego employees in San Diego, CA are Postdoctoral Scholars submitting an average rating of 4.9 and Students with a rating of 3.7.

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4.3
Average Rating
(based on 99 UC San Diego Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.4
Growth Opportunities
3.8
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.5
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
4.2
Way You Work
4.4
Work Setting
4.3
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"UCSD is a great environment for cutting edge technical innovation and provides unique and challenging projects. My colleagues are world class scientists and engineers and create an extremely engaging environment for my work."
Posted 10 years ago in San Diego, CA

Working at UC San Diego in San Diego, CA: 35 Employee Reviews

UC San Diego Employee

"Great place to work. Research intensive."

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

"I worked for University of California Extension developing the a SAT curriculum as part of their community extension educational program. The two other UCSD authors on the team were highly professional and skilled with the subject matter. The administration was supportive in our process and provided access to resources we needed to complete the job."

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

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.3
UC San Diego (112)

4.9 Highest Rated in this Industry is Northwest Missouri State University (6)
2.9 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Vatterott College (8)
4.0 Average of All Companies in this Industry (12,293)
UC San Diego Employee

"UCSD is a very collaborative environment, a great place to grow as an individual, and a great place to work."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"Working as a student intern at UCSD OSI has offered me hands-on experiences that I never would have considered in the first place. On top of that, this department is very flexible to student needs, while also giving us opportunities to really learn about process improvement."

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

"I am currently working for a professor in the UCSD School of Medicine to analyze, parse, and display cancer genomics data gathered from clinical reports, molecular medicine reports, and demographic information. My supervisor has high standards and is driven to make rapid progress in research. The culture is very competitive but still encourages collaboration and group success."

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

"Great Lab, learned a lot about STEM cell biology. Learned a great deal about the development of the nervous system in infants. I Obtained a variety of lab skills that are useful in any lab setting. Working with others improved my communication skills and I learned how to conduct scientific research, and handle projects independently."

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

"Good pay and tuition compensation. Flexible work hours. Respectful and professional environment."

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

"It is a nice place to work! Many interesting things going on"

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 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Student

"I am currently a student at UC San Diego and working in the system energy efficiency lab as a graduate student researcher under Prof. Tajana Rsing."

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

"I have good relationships with my PI and my co-workers. The research work I am doing here is intellectually stimulating. My compensation for my work is credit that count towards my completion of Master degree, which is rather satisfying."

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

"I have been a graduate student at UC San Diego for 6 years. During these years, I was fortunate to get involved in many research/design projects and learn a lot. The professional environment of the university not only helped me learn the technical details in my field but also helped me appreciate the value of teamwork and collaborative research for performing a successful engineering research project."

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

"good school and nice professors"

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 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"It has a nice working condition and the staff and helpful"

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

"it is a really nice place to work. Everyone is really cool and the environment is also really supportive."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"UC San Diego was my school and employer, so I have mixed thoughts about it."

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