The University of California Employer Reviews

The orthopaedic clinic is a fast pace clininc seeing anywhere from 80 to 140 patients a day. My duties as a medical assistant were to vital and room patients, set up and clean exam room between patietns, assist providers during procedures, patient care, explaining physican orders to patients and assistanting patients with their needs, making/taking – more... patient calls, communicating between patients and providers, preparing clinics including ordering x-rays and communicating with insurance companies to ensure approval, obtaining prior-approval for medications and answering patient e-mails. – less

I was a supervisor for two years while I was employed at the University of California, Merced for 3. Promoted a year after my start date to supervisor to take charge of everyday interlibrary loan duties that occurred on a daily basis.

The job itself is very routine, making sure everything is going smoothly and communication is flowing well. Personally – more... held constant communication with other Interlibrary loan coordinates throughout the country to make sure process go smooth and without any hiccups.

During my stay here, I learned to manage my time as well as grow my leadership skills. I have trained a few of my colleagues as well as two of my supervisors. The hardest part of the job was acknowledging my leadership and letting myself grow into a position that was created for me as there were not student supervisors in our interlibrary loan department. – less

I really like to work outdoors so this potions was great for me. Great people to work with, learned a lot about plant maintenance.

I spent few year there, and had chance to work on a broad range of projects.

* Hold sections for students.
* Grade quizzes and homework.
* Have always had the pleasure of working with awesome other students to help with any of these tasks.

The students are very clever and hard-working and instructors are very kind. Co-workers are generally nice. The hardest part of the tutoring is how to teach different students at the same time. The most enjoyable part is to see students improved after session.

Met many people during my employment with HIA
A high energy, innovative organization
Talented people

Great work culture, strong values, and awesome campus. Any job will have difficulties; but if you can get pasted the little stuff- UCR offers a great work environment and a common goal to serve.

Tuition paid by working for the university as a teaching assistant.

Fun and work satisfaction abound. Great professors and researchers.

1. a typical day at work: Monday-Friday
2. what you learned: perform a research project independently
3. management: good at lab management
4. the co-workers: have good team work spirit
5. the hardest part of the job: create experimental ideas and solve problems in experiments
6. the most enjoyable part of the job: got the results

Typical Day:
The CAL environment is very fast paced. Most of the Professor's I work with submit requsitions that are urgent request and the materials / services may are holding up research projects.

What I've Learned: comunication, comunication, comunication.

Management: Not really sure if the question is about my management experience, or CAL's

CO-Worker: – more... I work with a lot of smart professional people.

The hardest part of my job: Obtaining material with a six lead time in two weeks.

Most enjoyable: Having a happy research person – less

It depends which department you work for. I was a laboratory assistant at an active research laboratory in the Department of Biology. The hardest part of the job was definitely trying to accommodate the needs of a relatively large laboratory.

very educational and challenging , worked with many computer science genius and it was the best research place that i have ever worked at

Professor s are very nice and friendly
The facility of recreation need improvement

Really enjoyed working here. Great co-workers, really nice environment to work in. Beautiful location right on the water.

• Performed SDS-Page, Gel Electrophoresis, and PCR experiments, as well as assisted on various, controlled experiments on Drosophila melanogaster and haploid yeast.
• Conducted general laboratory duties including cleaning, preparing chemical stock solutions, and organizing data.
• Collaborated with graduate students regarding the results of the various – more... experiments. – less

Three 10 week Research experiences in material’s mechanical behavior such as metals, composites and ceramics
• Follow instruction from the mentor
• Tested mechanisms responsible for strengthening and fracture and the correlations with microstructures
• Reported the changes in metals, composites and ceramics and analyzed the properties of them.

Very flexible hours and great management. An ideal job for those who want to be exposed to the teaching/education field.

Nothing really to say as an undergraduate researcher. Professors are very kind for the most part and do not put too much pressure on the undergrads. Maybe on the grads.