Innovation here is reserved for on-campus research - Marketing Creative UCLA Employee Review

3.0
9 Jun 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The work is fairly easy, you are rarely (if ever) asked to work weekends or nights, the benefits are decent, vacation/sick/time-off is better than most companies, the brand is altruistic at its core, co-workers are respectful and easy-going for the most part.

Cons

politics are stifling for any innovation or creativity in marketing, bureaucratic upper-echelon puts a damper on several projects that start out as great ideas and end up as frankenstein hybrids. If you're a creative, working here could be considered "career suicide." Poor communication, lack of direction from egotistical upper-management makes for a difficult workflow.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

None that I can think of

Cons

A colleague was laid off today. She was with UCLA for 10+ years. She got a meeting invite with 10 minutes notice. Her Director read out a cold statement that her position was eliminated and handed her over to the HR. Her manager came running to her cubicle and told her she had 2 minutes to pack up and leave. He insisted that he accompanied her to her car. Many other colleagues had similar or worse experiences. All Managers and Directors and above saved their jobs. And they sacrificed many individual contributors.

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