Not worth your time here for fresh grads - Graduate Trainee (Operations) UBS Employee Review

2.0
Jun 26, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- People are generally nice - good brand name (but my advice is to look last the brand name and at the job scope more) - relatively high starting pay for corporate centre GTP

Cons

- pathetic increment (bosses will justify it that GTPs already get more than full time employees) - pathetic bonus (2 weeks is default) - cost cutting everywhere, from benefits like staff celebrations, even OT claims need to be approved before hand, outsourcing to lower cost areas - need to do 'CCA' to get 'noticed' and promoted..resulting in many promotees focusing on 'CCA' and organising all sorts of events, but disregarding their core work. Management claims these extra activities are the way to make you 'stand out' in ops where people have less obvious KPI versus e.g. Sales - Ops management claims to be suporotive of internal mobility but if it involves mobility out of Ops, it's a different story. - even a senior Ops management once commented to Ops interns and potential GTPs to 'not consider Ops' and go else where, which says a lot about the kind of work and culture there. That being said, if youre looking for a retirement job or not looking for much progression, this place may be great for you

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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