UC Berkeley Reviews

Former Employee – worked at UC Berkeley part-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible hours, awesome bosses. Good pay and work on campus so you are close to good food and things to do.

Cons – Coworkers are students so they are not the best at showing up for their shift or being professional.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at UC Berkeley part-time for more than a year

Pros – -Well-structured and well-informed leadership.
-Good pay for an on-campus/workstudy job.
-Lots of room for growth, promotion and development of IT skills

Cons – -Work tasks can get a little monotonous at times: (e.g. replacing printer toner)
-At times you can get stuck working with unmotivated students

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at UC Berkeley part-time for more than a year

Pros – There are a wealth of great opportunities in any field of research. The faculty are very well connected within the Bay Area in their respective fields.

Cons – The atmosphere of the school is very competitive and many of the people are fairly introverted.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at UC Berkeley

Pros – Very relaxed, many employees, friendly career workers

Cons – Sometimes unfair management, favortism is sometimes noticed

Advice to Senior Management – Fairness is noticed!

Current Employee – been working at UC Berkeley

Pros – They provide good opportunities for students to expand their career growth. No experience necessary to work as a student on campus, training is all provided so you learn a lot.

Cons – Job pays low compared to the work that we do.

Advice to Senior Management – Nothing really

Current Employee – been working at UC Berkeley

Pros – Having worked with the same supervisor for years I am exposed to many different projects with varying levels of involvement. The atmosphere is collegial.

Cons – Occasionally can be asked to work on too many projects at once with competing deadlines.

Current Employee – been working at UC Berkeley full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Smart students, faculty and staff. Exciting programs in a beautiful setting.

Cons – Low pay, sometimes crazy place but lots of great benefits

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at UC Berkeley part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – UC Berkeley has some of the best minds int he world

Cons – the university itself is divided between the ever-increasing corporate bureaucracy and instructors/students. it's being strangled by budget mismanagement, and everything always feels like it's one piece of tape away from not working.

Advice to Senior Management – try to focus on the education and making those who do that (read: the educators) happier. stop turning to adjunct labor. if you teach marx, then actually use his work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at UC Berkeley

Pros – Great research community. Great opportunity to explore non-academic career options.

Cons – Difficult to develop relationships outside of the lab during the early stages of the position.

Current Employee – been working at UC Berkeley part-time for more than a year

Pros – Workstudy jobs on campus provide flexible hours for students who want to work while maintaining and full class schedule.

Cons – Although workstudy jobs are flexible and for the most part, pay well, it is hard to find a job that is relevant to your field of study.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company