UBS reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(14,597 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 14,597 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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Apr 6, 2014

Overall good, but not a place to stay long-term

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The vacation policy and benefits are some of the best I've seen. People in the sales and product organizations are no nonsense, straight shooters who are also very friendly. The have a respected brand name and the most productive Advisors on the street.

Cons

The home office has become a politically-driven, bureaucratic mess. Managers are required to force-rank employees by titles even though functional roles may be completely different. This causes a lot of infighting as people vie for an ever dwindling piece of the bonus pie. They are also looking to define a culture in an industry where competitors already have clearly established cultures.

2.0
Jan 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Some good people, although most of the best have left. The people that remain would survive a nuclear blast - they are not going anywhere and likely could not even if they wanted to.

Cons

Performance, stock, Swiss oversight, but other than that... There are no real career paths on the institutional side at UBS.

1.0
Dec 19, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

similar to other big banks, but can't find anything worth mentioning

Cons

surprisingly high turnover rate, no morale and no team work at all. People tend to attack each other instead of help each other at work. There are changes from senior management every week - they seem always able to justify the reason for changing A to B then back to A again.

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