UC Santa Barbara Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I've worked for UC Santa Barbara in Summer 2020 as the Learning Assistant for an upper-division physics class. During my term, I collaborate with other TAs and professors to help students to have a better understanding of course materials. In addition, I also had duty in grading quizzes, homework, and, exams with little work of data entry. Overall, this working experience was quite pleasant with a friendly working environment and help me developed my teamwork experiences"

"They really care about their employees and provide subsidized housing for graduate students."

"I worked at University of California as a research assistant for 5 years. It's a nice place to work, the view is very beautiful. As a Ph.D. student, the pay is average, and the university housing is pretty cheap. The type of work is however closely related to your advisor. Funding opportunity is different from apartment to apartment."

"I worked with the marine science institute for my senior project at UCSB. They were extremely helpful and I managed to learn a lot about design and the design process."

"UCSB is a great school to for studying mathematics. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there as well as perform great research."

"I worked at UC Santa Barbara Instructional development for my last two years as an undergrad and I loved my whole time there."

"Lots of smart people, doing good research."

"This was one of my best jobs ever. Working at this University is the best, doing research work? It's for me. I had been told by several management level people in the past I would do very well in a research role, and it was true. I had to multi task and solve complex problems by learning about a system or concept, then applying skills to solving something or integrating with other things, and generate step by step documentation, describe the method of data collection and show the data/results."

"Nice working environment, good people!"

"Great job, with a very great supervisor. Can only work as a UCSB student."

"I like this job. It gave me experience teaching undergraduate students."

"I worked for UCSB Chemistry and Biochemistry for just over a year as a Desktop Support Assistant. The pay was good for students, they worked well around my class schedule, the clients were friendly and easy to work with, and the job was always clear and responsibilities were easy to understand. I think it prepared me for the work force very well."

"Worked here for 5 years, nice place, great location."

What do you like about working at UC Santa Barbara?

"Great place to learn skill and excellent mentorship for guiding."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself and confident, and UCSB is quite laidback also so no need to be nervous."

What don't you like about working at UC Santa Barbara?

"Once you are trained, if continue stay then your only choice is to stay in academia, however, I prefer to apply the scientific knowledge I learned to develop novel diagnostic or therapeutic methods for improving healthcare services."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Encourage employees to join more annual conferences to stimulate the exchange of scientific research ideas an learn more about the biotech industry."