UBS reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(14,624 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 14,624 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
2.0
Oct 19, 2012

Use to be a nice place.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Number of paid offs and mandatory two week vacation. Respected brand name and good medical benefits. Work life balance still better than other finance organization.

Cons

Extremely bureaucratic with tardy process. Management is putting lots of pressure on delivery with minimum resources. Yearly review process is complex and non transparent.

1.0
Oct 14, 2012

Technologically deficient and bureaucratic

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Entry level positions offer good salaries and benefits. Fantastic if working directly with clients in branches or offered position directly into the Investment Banking segment (not good in lower corporate office functions - advancement rare and not based on performance despite what all the intranet sites say).

Cons

Rigid hierarchial structure that stifles the improvement of internal procedures that, if structure were flattened, would create cost efficiencies and more transparency. Instead, higher positions (higher in salary and name, but certainly not because of efficiency which is ironic for a Swiss firm) are maintained and lower positions cut or outsourced when a quarter gets too tight.

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