***Do NOT be fooled*** - Help Desk Analyst UCLA Employee Review

1.0
26 Apr 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Only the name. Because people hold the name "UCLA" with such high regard. Unjustly so, because if you Gogle UCLA unlawful sell of body parts, it may change your opinion!!?

Cons

The work area is not what you'd expect of a muti-billion facility. "ALL" the technology is outdated. (Both the software and the hardware.) Also, there is no budget for either new or more equipment, per management. And because there's not enough computers, you have people sharing PC's and desk space. The chairs/seats are all old and stained with what you hope is water marks. (But it really sweat stains!) Can you say "Yuck"!!? All that for $20 bucks an hour?

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
5 May 2026
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Pros

Decent benefits, but not really as great as everyone assumes. Some colleagues who really care and do great work. Impressive students.

Cons

Relatively poor pay and pay inequities. Extremely poor fiscal management - that CFO who was fired for outing it was spot on. Senior administrators and faculty are incentivized to spend a lot of money on things that serve few students and hoard resources to make themselves look good for performance reviews and tenure committees, but it means a lot of extra work gets dumped on a growing a number of mid-level administrators and support staff - who now face layoffs or added workloads. It's all strangling the university's ability to serve its students, but I know several faculty members simply don't care about students or teaching.

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