World renowned hospital but poor management/upper management - Technician UCSF Health Employee Review

2.0
16 May 2023
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Pros

Good benefits and pay, gratifying working in an internationally recognized hospital doing groundbreaking work, easy to feel part of an ecosystem that's contributing to the public no matter what role you're in. Overall, positive work community.

Cons

So poorly managed. The managers are incredibly incompetent across many departments and all levels of management. Not sure if all UC operates this way, but there is a top heavy checks and balance system/legal/policy that prevents people from moving forward with things that can help business operations. The medical/research side has full innovation, but the rest of the departments seem to feel stunted. Also I support Unions, but they do a poor job of enacting change that we need, and do a good job of protecting bad employees.

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

Opportunities to learn new skills. My team is excellent.

Cons

New leadership models prioritize profit over employee well-being. They are starting to thin out our staffing more and more. Morale is very low right now on our unit ...

1.0
6 Apr 2026
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Pros

The people that work at UCSF are some of the most intelligent analysts I've ever worked with in 15 years of Health IT. Most are ex-Epic employees with strong backgrounds in project managament and IT,

Cons

UCSF recently decided to reclassify all remote employees as "Felxible" without their input or permission. As a result, employees must now travel to the office WITHOUT expenses paid. This means that flights, hotels, etc. are NOT reimbursed and are paid by the employee. UCSF has not answered to what problem they are trying to solve with this, and refuses to answer how this action aligns with goals such as sustainability (carbon emissions), equity (women and disabled are more impacted by eliminating remote work), working accommodating (UCSF does not have the physical space for all of the Clinical Systems department to be on site. There is no locked storage or accessible workspaces.), safety (there is no shuttle for UCSF to all locations that have been mentioned for work). UCSF limits employee growth, by eliminating actual promotions with "role based work". In other words, you have to do more work without compensation for it. They have also completely reneged on remote management, meaning that most employees are now at a dead end.

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