UBS Financial Advisor Development Program reviews

2.8

33% would recommend to a friend

(187 total reviews)
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Sergio P. Ermotti

85% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Financial Advisor Development Program employees have rated UBS with 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 187 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Financial Advisor Development Program professionals have an average working experience there. UBS is rated 25% below average by Financial Advisor Development Program professionals compared to other employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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187 reviews
2.0
Aug 19, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

paid training while you get your license

Cons

They encourage you to partner with senior advisors when you go after accounts. Then you have to split the revenue 50%. So you do 100% of the work for 50% of the money. No one will help you, mentor you, accompany you on a call, or answer questions without claiming 50% of the revenue for life. Also, they dump accounts on you that generate no revenue - they sold them something years ago, it pays nothing, but the client calls you all the time. And new advisors get zero support or help from admin/clerical people, yet they don't teach you how to do any of it yourself. You spend all your time chasing down admin stuff, while the clerks are outside the building smoking cigarettes. Management does not care about the new people, only the older big producers, and helping them get 50% of everything you do, so they don't leave and go to another firm.

5.0
May 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company has great resources and great people. The company provides great training and support. The market resources and client resources are tremendous. The training process is very thorough and very focused. Management is very proactive and willing to work with you. The company has analysts and economists from all over the world which is very helpful in making investment decisions.

Cons

The company is too large and sometimes too regulated. Even though the industry is very heavily regulated, UBS is sometimes too conservative. This is positive on one hand but can be an impediment on the other hand.

4.0
Apr 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

UBS is THE premiere wealth management shop on the street. It brings a good brand name and pedigree when marketing for clients. With the amalgamtion of so many prestigeous names, Dillon read, warburg, paine webber, O'Connor you have a wide range of experiences and expertises to cull from for when pitching business to clients. The Global asset management arm i think is second to noe, at least among tied Asset Managers. The compensation is also pretty much on par

Cons

The swiss are very risk averse, so you might not get much IPOs if thats your bag. Paine Webber systems are pretty much archaic. too many bolt on applications. Need some more robust.

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