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4.4
Average Rating
(based on 19 UC Santa Barbara Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.7
Growth Opportunities
3.8
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.7
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.5
Way You Work
4.5
Work Setting
4.6
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Learning Assistant

"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"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC Santa Barbara Employee

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

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC Santa Barbara Employee

"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."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UC Santa Barbara Employee

"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."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC Santa Barbara Employee

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

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UC Santa Barbara Employee

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

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC Santa Barbara Employee

"Lots of smart people, doing good research."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Principal Engineer

"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."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC Santa Barbara Employee
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Teaching Assistant

"Nice working environment, good people!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC Santa Barbara Employee

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

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Teaching Assistant

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

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Desktop Support Assistant

"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."

Person You Work For 3.7 / 5 People You Work With 3.7 / 5 Work Setting 3.7 / 5
Support You Get 3.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.7 / 5
Company Culture 3.7 / 5 Way You Work 3.7 / 5
UC Santa Barbara Employee

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

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Staff Researcher

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."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

UC Santa Barbara Reviews FAQs

Is UC Santa Barbara a good company to work for?

UC Santa Barbara has an overall rating of 4.4 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 19 UC Santa Barbara Review Ratings left anonymously by UC Santa Barbara employees, which is 13% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 100% of employees would recommend working at UC Santa Barbara.

Does UC Santa Barbara pay their employees well?

UC Santa Barbara employees earn $30,000 annually on average, or $14 per hour, which is 55% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 14 UC Santa Barbara employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find UC Santa Barbara Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at UC Santa Barbara?

100% of employees would recommend working at UC Santa Barbara with the overall rating of 4.4 out of 5. Employees also rated UC Santa Barbara 4.7 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.8 for Growth Opportunities and 4.5 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at UC Santa Barbara?

According to our data, the highest paying job at UC Santa Barbara is a IT Systems Architect at $121,000 annually. Browse UC Santa Barbara Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at UC Santa Barbara?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at UC Santa Barbara is a Residential Assistant at $16,000 annually. Browse UC Santa Barbara Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at UC Santa Barbara?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at UC Santa Barbara to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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