Tough non-caring environment - Good Place to Work If You Are Looking for Benefits, Stablility UC Riverside Employee Review

3.0
Dec 30, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are great, lots of paid time off, UCR is part of one of largest and most prestigious university systems in the nation. It's beautiful campus and coworkers are great.

Cons

Management in this particular department is non-efficient. Not much opportunity to advance (people who ask about moving up are are told to take another job somewhere else.) Nothing exciting is coming out of the unit -- it's always status quo with no out of the box ideas. Personally, I will never go back to work here.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Great institution serving a diverse student population. Plenty of interesting research labs. Decent benefits.

Cons

Commuter school so traffic and parking can be terrible. Select your PI wisely, and ensure healthy work life balance.

5.0
Jun 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good balance and structure depending on the professor you work for. Good recommendations from professor for life.

Cons

Professors will take credit for your work and overwork you at times.

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