Good environment, average salary, Different depending on the department. - Postdoctoral Scholar UCLA Employee Review

3.0
24 Jan 2010
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Pros

Diversity, good weather, There is fairly good activity in science. If you enjoy the outdoor activity this place is one of the best.

Cons

Downside for couple with kids (no child care expense). Some of the faculty don't treat postdoc fellow fairly. The union recently formed but it's early stage to be effective.

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Pros

Good benefit, good pay, good location

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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