UBS reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(14,559 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 14,559 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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2.0
Sep 19, 2024

Not a great place overall

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Pros

- Many international teams, which broadens the horizon - Depending on the team, the people are nice, talented and motivated (or not)

Cons

- If you don’t work in wealth management or similar but rather IT, data jobs, risk etc., don’t jojn. Your salary will stagnate, promotions are scarce and there is no budget. - Too much political games that have net-negative impact on the employee motivation and actual output - Too much bureaucracy, they are adding new processes all the time to pretend like they are adding value - A good team will be good, a bad will be bad, and you aren’t able to change anything at all about unfair treatment / racism / whatever from your line manager short of switching teams - Be careful, employee to line manager feedback is not really anonymous, especially in small teams, the line manager will find out and there is nothing that HR will do against retaliation - very old-fashioned and hierarchical, top-down - many “dinosaurs” who have worked here since the 80ies and are keeping they comfortable warm places but are difficult to work with - Tasks are boring from a data science perspective, but at least they are using cloud and some newer technologues - Due to integration with CS, there will be even less money for employees and less opportunities for promotions for a while, but at least this is not the company’s fault

2.0
Jul 31, 2024

KYC/PKR specific

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Pros

Time off and benfits are great. If you start at the beginning of the year you get at least of 15 days PTO, 2 family care days, 8 days of paid sick leave, and 1 flex holiday on top of 9-10 paid holidays a year.

Cons

High turnover. Quanity over quality is prioritized despite management saying otherwise. Constant piling of work over individual capacity and unrealistic time lines to get things done. Everything is always urgent. Hard to get correct answers. Always waiting on other departments. Constant pressure to move things along at all costs... some of which is bordering the line of not followinging proper procedures/protcols. Pay is significantly less than other companies in the area with similar roles. Unrealistic expectations to complete overtime workloads within business working hours. (OT hardley approved yet still expect work to be done in same timeframe). Opportunities to grow often do not include compensation increases, so additional workloads and responsibilities can be taken on without ever salary adjustment. Raises only occur once a year even if Promotion is received. When being selected for promotion you go up against other individuals globally. There are so many resources and places to look for information that it is overwhelming and often out of date. Lastly, there is a lack of communication between regions on the same process we all work.

1.0
Mar 9, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Better work life balance but it gets nullified with the stress of being underpaid.

Cons

Zero growth opportunities. High gender pay gap. Gender bias in considering for promotions. Political industry and people only good at politics can thrive in this company.

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