Horrible - Anonymous employee UCLA Employee Review

2.0
7 May 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits are great. Lots of good people.

Cons

Management and Unions are both big kids; reactive and vengeful. The work environment breeds a sense of mediocrity. Lots of cheating and people trying to beat the system. Favoritism and unequal policies are abundant. Definite division between those who work in offices and those who don't. There is a general lack of trust between management and workers which goes both ways. If you work blue collar, even if you have a college education, your chances of moving up and out are nill. ie: Favoritism.

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Cons

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