<p>I always get emails form them, and sure enough I got one just today.</p>
<p>Their claim (taken directly from the email): </p>
<p>? Earn $9.50 per hour + attendance bonus and incentives
? Tuition assistance (up to $300 dollars per quarter)
? Network with alumni, parents and friends of UCSD
? Build your resume for a professional and successful
future</p>
<p>I’m assuming (after limited reading on their website) that it’s doing the dirty, boring work of asking for donations and funds to support the school.</p>
<p>I have a friend who used to work for them… it was fine. office is in ERC. they don’t hire many people though, I have loads of friends who’ve sent in their resumes and not gotten a response</p>
<p>This job sucks. Yes, it’s a legit job. You’re not working directly for UCSD. It’s a non-profit fundraising organization called RuffaloCODY fundraising on behalf of the university.</p>
<p>You call alumni, parents, past contributors to the university for donations. Some nights are fine and you just listen to the phone ring for the entire shift so you can bring in books/homework to do or talk to your coworkers. When you actually have to talk to people to ask for money, some calls are pleasant, others are not so pleasant. The policy is to ask AT LEAST 4 times for a donation before you can hang up. They often get on your back to ask more times as long as the prospect hasn’t hung up on you. No matter what the other person tells you about just getting laid off, having no money, trouble even buying groceries every week, diagnosed with cancer, whatever it may be you gotta ask $500, $250, $100, $50, $25, $10, $5. If the supervisor is listening to your call and you don’t ask enough times before hanging up or if you skip ask levels (i.e. go from asking $500 to $100) then you could get written up. The shifts are only 3.5 hours long but time feels excruciatingly slow. You never feel good about yourself after work. There are tons of other on campus jobs that are available - seek those out instead. A lot of people who work here only work for a short time before finally they can’t take anymore suffering and quit.</p>
<p>However, there were some benefits to working here. I was able to network with some alumni and get their contact info for when I graduate and start looking for a job. Also, compared to getting paid minimum wage for manual labor, it was decent pay for just sitting on the phone.</p>