UBS - ISD: good intentions, but stingy & inefficient.. - Technical Lead / Associate Director UBS Employee Review

2.0
Jul 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Specific to UBS Wealth Management (as opposed to Investment Solutions): benefits: good overall package and generous vacation days generally laid back culture as far as flexible hours, working from home (although this greatly varies between depatments/teams)

Cons

This is specific to IT/ISD for UBS Wealth Management (as opposed to Investment Solutions): salaries and bonuses are generally significantly (10-20%) below industry averages poor information sharing between groups company is in many ways a Mainframe-shop when the industry is moving on top management / architectrure makes impractical large-sweeping technology/platform decisions - that are large politically driven & misguided. Many people on the ground / middle-managers feel that there's no one really driving the bus on top..

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Cons

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Cons

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