Sound bites
by ajay singh
ucla today staff
To give the campus community a wider forum, UCLA Today
is introducing a new feature that will appear occasionally in this
space. For this issue’s “Sound Bites,” Voices
Editor Ajay Singh asked this question on campus:
Q: What’s your workplace like, and if there’s
one thing about it you could change, what would it be?
 Patrick
Callahan, electrician, Facilities Management
A: UCLA’s a good place to work — the
staff are friendly, and most of them have a good sense of humor.
I’d like to see better communication and interaction between
management and staff.
 Elisabeth
Le Guin, associate professor of music
A: I have a pleasant office, and I work in a warm,
collegial environment, even though it’s quite noisy when classes
are going on. I wish we had more space. We are at our maximum, using
all the space we have and, in fact, doubling up on some of it. We’re
not quite in the status of “space wars” yet, but it
could become so.
 Yelba
Castellon, lab assistant, Ahmanson Adult Congenital Heart
Disease Center
A: We’re a tightly knit team, and the quality
of care we give patients is exemplary. I have my own workspace,
with a big window that lights up the whole office, a wonderful boss,
and I get to go on walks every now and then — to pick up the
mail or do something else. In short, I have no complaints.
 Daniel
Yi, fourth-year business economics and applied mathematics
major
A: I’ll probably work in the field of business
investment and I want to see a smaller gap in the corporate ladder.
It takes forever for a person to get promoted and go to the top
these days. And the key to faster promotions is to make more positions
available because there are always going to be a lot of qualified
people around. |
