UBS reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(14,633 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 14,633 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
Feb 4, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

good compensation when you start (including life insurance, pension, etc)

Cons

After a few years at UBS, you realise how it's all about politics and people only care about saving themselves. expect to get blamed by everything, even worse when its out of your competence/skillset and team. very bad handling contractors (force them to take leave then fire them while they are on leave, etc)

3.0
Feb 3, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Training opportunities are good. Flexibility in working hours.

Cons

Top management is too heavy. Often driving initiatives in different directions. 5 time management systems to enter time into. Avg salaries. Low bonuses. Lots of incompetent people. Thus, funnels work to few individuals. Outsourced a lot of work already to remote locations.

4.0
Feb 2, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have found the environment to be meritorious for good people with good ideas. It is easy to look good if you want to improve things, given the large amounts of inefficient processes that need to be addressed. The issues with the financial markets have made the company focus on promoting internally people that are looking to construct a better business.

Cons

One has to accept that there are poor processes in these businesses with many legacy systems, so you have to be able to come to negotiate some parts of the organisation that lack efficiency.

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