University of Illinois at Chicago Employer Reviews

A typical day of work consist of working with HIV clients to advocate and assist them with their social service needs. I've learned how to assist this population by listening to their needs and going above and beyond to make their lifestyle more pleasant. The hardest part of the job is telling a patient that he/she has been exposed to the virus. The – more... most enjoyable part is watching a patient go from being depressed about their illness to learning to live with it and taking care of themselves. – less

I spent several years as Grad student in a protected environment. Teaching /Research Assistant jobs were assigned and easy to come by as Grad student. Moving to work in other departments brought fresh insights and different approaches. The management was reasonably easy to work with. The hard part of the job was having to finish work outside normal – more... hours sometimes. The most enjoyable part was meeting people and getting to know them as students. – less

The co-workers worked together like family. We got along very well and didn't mind helping one another.

The research was interesting and the work environment was positive. I was able to acquire many new skills and developed my managing skills being able to multitask doing research and managing all things related to the upkeep of the laboratory, as well as training and helping lab members in their projects.

Student IT Technician
 Resolved user hardware and software issues as part of the IT help desk.
 Monitored student labs and department IT resources.
 Performed daily quality control checks of multi-media equipment in the entire college

The University of Illinois at Chicago allowed me to:

Utilize my knowledge with encouragement, which is not always the case with other institutions.

University of Illinois at Chicago is an OK school. Professors all care about their own research, not about teaching. Department does not help you with your job searching.

I was a volunteer and assistant to a pharmaceutical research assistant in a lab at UIC - College of Pharmacy. My day started at 8 am to 5 pm. I assisted a Pharm.D and Ph.D student from France in studying more about the Echinacea plant species, conducting numerous TLC experiment with different solvent systems and analyzing results to compare the different – more... compounds that made up each species (eg. flavanoids, coumarins, tannins, flavanols etc). It was a very enjoyable experience and I learned a lot about the different methods of analyzing compounds and using new technology. It was a challenging and enjoyable experience for me as an undergraduate student. – less

Working in this laboratory has brought me many personal and professional benefits. Although some days are really demanding, all of us can still balance and manage our time to enjoy life.

A day on the job was unpredictable. The support of my co workers was amazing..we worked together like family.

The benefit is using time wisely, study with degree and work experience at same time. Not heavy load, much freedom when doing the work. Open the eyes because I can contact with a lot of people from different academic/professional area.

Co-workers are very nice, and the hardest part is waiting for client/ subjects to come for the service. The best and – more... unexpected part of this job is to become familiar with the specific surgery process in hospital. The most useful skills I learned is communicated with different people in health needs. – less

My position was an unpaid research position. This was part of my undergraduate and graduate research so I was compensated with an education and two degrees.

Was proud to be part of the teams that invented the CAVE, ImmerseDesk and Wanda controller device. I enjoyed all aspects of my position here. My coworkers and the students were terrific.

A typical day working in the laboratory included making media for bacteria to grow in, growing the bacteria, inducing competence for bacterial transformation and plating the bacteria. Other days we would assess the colonies on the plates for growth and competence. Stabbing colonies and regrowth of said colonies was also carried out for further study.

I – more... learned about how certain types of bacteria have the ability to transform or take in new DNA from its surroundings. I also learned how to use laboratory equipment such as microscopes and centrifuges (see resume for more equipment information). I also learned how to carry out research and put it in presentation form.

My mentor helped with much of the research and taught me much of what I learned in the lab. I worked closely with one other student and a couple of graduate students. I learned how to work with others and found it enjoyable to have others to work with.

The hardest part of the job was writing the research papers. It was hard to write down everything that was done because so much was done. I found the challenge of it all, though, to be exciting.

The most enjoyable part of the job was working with other people interested in microbiology, working with bacteria and carrying out independent research. This was a great experience. – less

Great place to work. Lot of facilities to do research. Though administration side of things are very slow.

Great experience learned a significant amount about customer service and student to school operation. In addition, I learned how to maintain and manage a building for customers and student clientele.

Coworkers were fellow students which taught me how to work with a diverse population.

The most enjoyable part of the job were the students employee events/activities – more... that were arranged by management.

The hardest part of this job was the 3rd shift midnight to 8am. – less

I love teaching and this is by far one of the best jobs I could be working in

good work and life balance provided by UIC. Great environment and people.

i enjoyed working in the file room and the payroll team the people there are very nice.

Good place to work. People need to be paid more though.
Sometimes it is so boring. Needs better asset management. Managers do not know staff well enough to prevent loss, especially at the union. Loved the tunnels and setting up A/V equipment. Aiding with events was a blast. I did feel for the homeless I had to kick out though.