UBS - It's alright. - Anonymous employee UBS Employee Review

3.0
Jul 20, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of different teams so plenty of opportunity to move around. Some really smart people, who you can learn a lot from if you put in the effort to mine the information from them.

Cons

You have to know people in order to get anywhere - smoozing is part and parcel of progression. It is definitely still a boys club - interviews are usually only a formality as roles are often already promised to someone before it has even been advertised. Lots of fundamental issues with processes but people don't want to hear anything about it until something goes wrong. A lot of senior managers have never actually been given management training and have no idea how to develop their teams. It's cringeworthy.

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Pros

One of the biggest pros is brand value and global credibility. UBS is a top-tier global wealth management and investment bank, so having it on your resume immediately signals experience in a highly structured, regulated, and performance-driven environment. That tends to carry weight across financial services and corporate TA roles. Another major advantage is strong learning exposure. Because UBS operates across wealth management, investment banking, asset management, and corporate functions, employees usually get exposure to complex stakeholder groups, senior leadership, and high-volume, high-stakes hiring environments. For recruiting roles specifically, that often means experience with executive searches, niche skill sets, and global requisitions.

Cons

other factor is workload during restructuring cycles or market downturns. Financial services recruiting is highly market-sensitive, so hiring freezes or sudden ramps are common. That can create uncertainty or shifting priorities in requisition ownership and pipeline planning. From a career perspective, role specialization can sometimes feel narrow. While UBS is large, some employees find they become highly specialized in one function (like wealth management or a specific region), which may require intentional effort to broaden experience.

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