UBS reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(14,550 total reviews)
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Sergio P. Ermotti

84% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

UBS has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 14,550 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UBS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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15K reviews
1.0
Jan 29, 2020

Look elsewhere

Recommend
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Pros

Good hours, a lot of old people who love paper

Cons

Highly bureaucratic; face time is valued more than technical skillset or subject matter expertise. Limited career advancement; no raises in between promotions which might happen every 3-7 years. Managers are incompetent and have antiquated mindsets on best practices (i.e. they love physical filing and printing powerpoint presentations)

2.0
Dec 3, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary & benefits Good experience Lots of interesting work New dedicated building in the City

Cons

I believe I got unlucky with the team at UBS. The manager and 90% of other senior people and BAs were originally from India (I was in a Front Office IT BA role in London though). The culture felt drastically different to most of other Financial Services firm in the City I worked at. Overwork, understaffing, burnout, constant attacks from management, army-like bullying are the norm. The head of the IT department came from the trading desk and he brought the cut-throat competitive desk culture into IT, where it's very harmful (I doubt it can be helpful in any business really). More of it, this place will attempt to drain all of life out of you via giving you 5 times more than you can handle. This will to make you so weak, that they can start changing your very personality. The management likes meek, obedient workers who never say No to anything, who never challenge things. Staying below the radar and only thinking about your own political interests was the only viable strategy to survive and to avoid attacks. When I felt I started becoming part of the system, I left.

3.0
Jun 22, 2019

JAVA DEVELOPER

Recommend
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Pros

free pick up and drop facility, good infrastructure

Cons

fake commitments given by HR, no hike to employees who joined after june and reason given was bank had incur fine and losses in last quarter, poor management

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