suicide for your career - Director, Classroom Media Department UCLA Employee Review

11.5% pay growth over 10 years. Half of that came in the first year of employment. One year, a 10% across the board pay cut. Current take home pay is less than it was 7 years ago, due to annual increases in pension, medical ins,, and parking fee deductions, Last 2 salary increases were at 3%, but pension contributions increased 1.5% for a net raise of 1.5% each year. no raises for years before that. Staff regularly not replaced or hiring is slow tracked. I have seen department vacancies go 18 months or more. Often due to uncompetitive salary offers. Existing staff are continually having to pick up the slack. A couple of years ago, they even stopped janitorial services from emptying office trash on a nightly basis. It is now picked up only every other day. Highly political culture, with a multitude of hierarchies and pecking orders. A very high percentage of business and policy decisions are predicated on the political ramifications rather than sound business practices or logic. Dysfunctional management. System business plan seems to be trying to do away with career employees and eliminate the benefits and pensions. New employees are no longer eligible for the same pensions as employees who have been here for a few years now. UC system is top heavy with 6 figure management. Competent management could be doing so much more, with quite a bit less system wide. For an organization assigned the task of developing and educating our youth, the school does a horrible job of developing and improving its own employees. They "teach" it, but can't actually do it.