Extremely underpaid - Administrative Assistant III UCLA Employee Review

2.0
25 Oct 2022
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Pros

Amazing benefits and pension plan.

Cons

The opportunity for growth here is nonexistent. Your yearly raises are only 3% and management is completely checked out. The interview process averages about 3-4 months from when you apply to when you actually receive an offer. If you do get an offer it’ll be under market value for your position. Most employees have worked here for decades without any promotions and are miserable, they only stay for the benefits and pension. I personally don’t think the pension is worth staying the 5yr vesting period. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else

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Cons

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Pros

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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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