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Industry: Colleges and Universities · HQ: Oakland, CA · https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu

Working at University of California in Santa Barbara, CA: 8 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Santa Barbara, CA Area

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On average, employees in Santa Barbara, CA at University of California give their company a 2.6 rating out of 5.0 based on 8, whereas overall Average Rating of University of California is 4.0 out of 5.0 based on 107 University of California Review Ratings. The happiest University of California employees in Santa Barbara, CA are Analysts submitting an average rating of 3.8 and Program Assistants with a rating of 3.4.

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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 62 University of California Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.2
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.3
Rewards You Receive
3.6
Support You Get
4.2
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.2
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Working at University of California in Santa Barbara, CA: 8 Employee Reviews

Lead Web and Database Developer
in Santa Barbara, CA

"High traffic work which is good experience but low growth opporutnity"

What do you like about working at University of California?

"Nice people for the most part. Lots of users and security issues with give good experience."

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

"A good place to work overall but you really have to press to get major change done."

What don't you like about working at University of California?

"Not enough growth or private sector oppotunities. Also budget for hardware was almost nil."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Start to replace legacy systems with more modern SAAS systems asap to ultimately save money and increase user experience."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Analyst
in Santa Barbara, CA

What do you like about working at University of California?

"I like not worrying about appearances, but focusing on getting work done."

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

"get. it. in. writing. be proactive and negotiate. and sign up for benefits ASAP"

What don't you like about working at University of California?

"doing jobs that weren't part of the original description. being held back from doing things by lack of access or my supervisor hasn't finished the next step = roadblock"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"my dept: delegate more. university: balance funds and energies more evenly rather than based on prestige/image/income."

Person You Work For 4 / 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 3 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.0
University of California (107)
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)
Postgraduate Researcher
in Santa Barbara, CA

"worked on video content mining and semanitc labeling for video database"

What do you like about working at University of California?

"this university is excellient in research of EE and I like the professors and students there"

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

"this is a good place to go if you need to have some research experience before you find a job"

What don't you like about working at University of California?

"it is common for the professors to pay too low for post-docs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no any comments to give to the management"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Programmer Analyst
in Santa Barbara, CA
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Program Assistant
in Santa Barbara, CA
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Program Assistant
in Santa Barbara, CA
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3.9 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 3.1 / 5
Teaching Assistant
in Santa Barbara, CA

"Best school in the world."

Research Professor
in Santa Barbara, CA

What do you like about working at University of California?

"Acedemic environment"

What don't you like about working at University of California?

"Low salary"

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