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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
Graduate Research Assistant

What do you like about working at UC San Diego?

"Keep learning, work with the best people in the world, free life style"

What don't you like about working at UC San Diego?

"Too academic, not so practical, has been in such environment for too long time and want to try something new"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"hope my advisor can give me more advice and support, though he may be the best advisor in the word"

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

"I've worked for ADCS since 2002. I've found it to be a strong company with good ethical values and an emphasis on customer retention."

Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.3 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"I have been working at UCSD for more than 5 years. I consider it as a good place for doing research."

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 San Diego Employee

"I did 3 contracts with UCSD in different departments, and really enjoyed working with the different teams and accomplishing various tasks on projects from small to large at several of the campuses."

Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.3 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Postdoctoral Scientist

"Flexible schedule but low pay. Temporary employment so not happy."

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

"UCSD is a poor place to work full time. Get your degree and get out."

Person You Work For 1.3 / 5 People You Work With 1.3 / 5 Work Setting 1.3 / 5
Support You Get 1.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.3 / 5
Company Culture 1.3 / 5 Way You Work 1.3 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"I've worked for MMIL for only 2 years, starting as a volunteer and then offered a part time as a SysAdmin assistant.My main duty is maintenance of servers and provide IT support for the researchers who work there.I do not have a lot to say about MMIL because of my brief stay with them but I think UCSD is a good place to work. The work environment is friendly, academic."

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

"It is pretty nice to work in San Diego, nice weather and nice neighborhood. I am a visiting graduate student here in UCSD and my supervisor is very smart and supportive. But I have my significant other in Illinois, so I want to move back to mid-west when I graduate."

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 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Telemetry Technician

"There were frequently situations where I was worried about the health and well being of their patients."

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

"Excellent course, great professor, great PhD level head teaching assistant, and great school."

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
Manager

"I started out as a volunteer for the San Diego Supercomputer Center. I was hired to work full-time as a Programmer/Data Analyst because they liked my work. I found it difficult to move up because I do not have a PhD. Unions and state budgets continue to present problems for some departments."

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

"CMRR is a research facility at UCSD dedicated for combining research of students with strong tie ups in the industry. I am currently doing research here and I am very satisfied with my work and the working requirements."

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

"It's an educational institution so private sector is more appealing."

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

"Fair place to work and people there are friendly."

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

"Great student job and I would highly recommend any on campus students at UCSD to apply and get some hands on food experience."

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 4 / 5

UC San Diego Reviews FAQs

Is UC San Diego a good company to work for?

UC San Diego has an overall rating of 4.3 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 99 UC San Diego Review Ratings left anonymously by UC San Diego employees, which is 10% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 96% of employees would recommend working at UC San Diego.

Does UC San Diego pay their employees well?

UC San Diego 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. 81 UC San Diego employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find UC San Diego Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at UC San Diego?

96% of employees would recommend working at UC San Diego with the overall rating of 4.3 out of 5. Employees also rated UC San Diego 4.4 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.8 for Rewards You Receive, 3.8 for Growth Opportunities and 4.2 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at UC San Diego?

According to our data, the highest paying job at UC San Diego is a Senior Director at $140,000 annually. Browse UC San Diego Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at UC San Diego?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at UC San Diego is a Research Assistant Intern at $16,000 annually. Browse UC San Diego Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at UC San Diego?

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

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