So-so for IT staff - IT Programmer/Analyst UCSF Health Employee Review

3.0
23 Aug 2014
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Pros

There are some exciting projects and some exciting tech to work with. Position yourself correctly and you can work very autonomously. Good intra-city shuttle system. Some jobs are very stable. Great pension system.

Cons

Terrible mid-level management. These guys know nothing of their departments. Execs care more about how they dress. Very stale work culture and fun is not in their vocabulary. Lots of workplace inequities and positions are determined by how well-liked employees are, not their performance. No vision (if there is a vision, it's not shared or is secretive). Often told to "keep your head down and work." Lots of back-stabbing. Worst IT project management staff.

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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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