Does UBS pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, UBS employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at UBS. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at UBS?

72% of UBS employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated UBS 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at UBS?

Associate Director (1128) , Director (818) , Analyst (562) , Intern (524) , Software Engineer (420) , Authorized Officer (395) , Business Analyst (288) , Executive Director (273) , Project Manager (181) , Investment Banking Analyst (174) , Client Service Associate (171) , Internship (170) , Associate (164) , Wealth Management Intern (158) , Financial Advisor (155)

What are the pros of working at UBS according to real employee reviews?

"people of all levels are approachable and there is a good culture or mentoring / nurturing talent with in the organisation" ((in 1517 reviews)); "depends on your team but my current team has a good work life balance and a decent work from home options" ((in 1435 reviews)); "It's easy to find some really great people and there's quite a few really good networks to join." ((in 1267 reviews)); "Salary and leave benefits are good." ((in 679 reviews)); "Good Salary and packages" ((in 469 reviews))

What are the cons of working at UBS according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and there a tendency where the bosses are bias when comes to promotions." ((in 518 reviews)); "Low Bonus and hikes" ((in 364 reviews)); "Long hours and very difficult to arrange any plans after work as they may need to be cancelled in order to work." ((in 364 reviews)); "There are good and bad managers." ((in 181 reviews)); "Fixed working hours (can also be a pro)" ((in 163 reviews))

What are employees saying about UBS layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about UBS layoffs and their outlook for job security at UBS in 2026.

UBS reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(14,544 total reviews)

Sergio P. Ermotti

84% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

UBS has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 14,544 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

3.0

Jun 10, 2008

What used to be the world's greatest bank is now essentially a branch of Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney.

Financial advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, used to have a decent brand image.

Cons

Brand image has suffered dramatically. They have hired too many Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney folks.

1.0

Jun 4, 2008

Software Engineer having to use crap technologies and seeing friends and management laid off left and right

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Its better than unemployment, learn about the financial industry, and because people are laid off like crazy (5,000+ in the last year, including my boss's boss's boss), there is room for growth, if you don't get laid off.

Cons

Hours (70-80 hr shifts in the SUMMER- 8pm status meetings, working weekends, being called at 3am or so), Money stinks for your hours, incompetent management, terrible benefits, no job security at all, technology is antiquated (my group wanted to convert Java code to COBOL!!!), afraid to take risks with "new" (meaning technology 5 years old.. they are just barely using JSTL!) technology, people are rude, work to save themselves, not the company.. just a miserable place to work, raises/promotions are based on a rediculous system

2.0

May 14, 2008

UBS stay away for now!

Accounting manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The work environment is good, people I interact with are very nice, down to earth and easy to communicate with. This includes co-workers as well as the business area I support.

Cons

UBS has been in the news lately and it hasn't been good news. There are a lot of changes, layoffs and management changes are happen almost regularly. Not the best place to work at this time. Due to cost savings initiatives, I feel like we are being nickel and dimed everywhere (cafeteria, ferry service in 2009, fitness facilities even ATM machines that were free). I feel communications is poor on a local level as well as higher firmwide level. Too to much politics.

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