A great place to work with much room for improvement. - Manager, Functional Area UCSF Health Employee Review

2.0
Dec 31, 2008
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Pros

There is a feeling of pride that comes from working at a Top 10 Medical Center. It's as if you are part of something very important, leading edge and helpful to all. I'm in excess of 20 years from retirement age but I'm told that the retirement package is excellent. In addition, salaries offered are in-line or above industry averages for similar positions. Further, an intangible is the feeling of collegiality in this little city within the city.

Cons

(1) No parking. If you are not amongst the lucky few to have parking privileges then you will have a miserable time finding parking space around the facility. (2) Some folks think a bit too highly of themselves and it shows in the way they deal with folks several rungs below the career ladder. (3) It is very frustrating to see money being wasted because of poor processes. (4) Unions - some of the folks in the variety of unions staffed at the Medical Center are severly hurting the bottom line - very poor work quality/habits. (5) Everyone seems so busy that good ideas are quashed.

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5.0
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Pros

Opportunities to learn new skills. My team is excellent.

Cons

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1.0
Apr 6, 2026
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Pros

The people that work at UCSF are some of the most intelligent analysts I've ever worked with in 15 years of Health IT. Most are ex-Epic employees with strong backgrounds in project managament and IT,

Cons

UCSF recently decided to reclassify all remote employees as "Felxible" without their input or permission. As a result, employees must now travel to the office WITHOUT expenses paid. This means that flights, hotels, etc. are NOT reimbursed and are paid by the employee. UCSF has not answered to what problem they are trying to solve with this, and refuses to answer how this action aligns with goals such as sustainability (carbon emissions), equity (women and disabled are more impacted by eliminating remote work), working accommodating (UCSF does not have the physical space for all of the Clinical Systems department to be on site. There is no locked storage or accessible workspaces.), safety (there is no shuttle for UCSF to all locations that have been mentioned for work). UCSF limits employee growth, by eliminating actual promotions with "role based work". In other words, you have to do more work without compensation for it. They have also completely reneged on remote management, meaning that most employees are now at a dead end.

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