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 decreased by 1% over the last 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 (1129) , Director (819) , Analyst (563) , Intern (525) , Software Engineer (424) , Authorized Officer (398) , Business Analyst (288) , Executive Director (275) , Project Manager (181) , Investment Banking Analyst (175) , Client Service Associate (171) , Internship (171) , Associate (163) , Wealth Management Intern (158) , Financial Advisor (156)

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 1544 reviews)); "depends on your team but my current team has a good work life balance and a decent work from home options" ((in 1405 reviews)); "It's easy to find some really great people and there's quite a few really good networks to join." ((in 1280 reviews)); "Salary and leave benefits are good." ((in 672 reviews)); "colleagues nice and fairly helpful for an investment bank" ((in 466 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 523 reviews)); "Low pay and no way to get raises" ((in 366 reviews)); "Low Bonus and hikes" ((in 361 reviews)); "Long hours and very difficult to arrange any plans after work as they may need to be cancelled in order to work." ((in 350 reviews)); "There are good and bad managers." ((in 186 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

(14,578 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 14,578 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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15K reviews

3.0

Nov 16, 2008

Lots of politics, but good learning opportunity

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really smart people...lots of training opportunities and international focus/assignments.

Cons

Highly political environment-difficult to navigate at times.

4.0

Nov 10, 2008

UBS: Strategy sound, good place to work, some internal functions need improvement

Financial advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Autonomy, resources, finanancial opportunity and people.

Cons

Navigating through enormous amount of available research data, analysis. Information systems provide access to a wealth of information but user interface is far from user-friendly and can be downright frustrating.

2.0

Nov 2, 2008

Job for life

Associate director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

UBS provides good benefits if you want a 9 to 5 job for life with little pressure to perform. Benefits are reasonable - good holidays and depending on rank you get additional personal days off. Work/life balance is probably the best reason to work at UBS and the longer you work there the more perks you get. If you're not really interested in pushing the hours you can hide out in middle management and survive on mediocre performance. People are generally nice and friendly though needless to say if you want to climb the food chain then your performance must increase.

Cons

Too many 9 to 5'ers and generally loose tolerances for performance - it's rare to see someone reprimanded for poor performance which impacts your team. The result of this is a culture of 'it will do' tends to permeate throughout the firm and it's easy to become a slacker which over time will take the edge off your performance (that's Ok if you want to be a lifer at UBS). Back office is exactly that - back office, or better put basement office and is generally focused on expense reduction so don't count on expensing pizza for the team if you're working late or getting a decent cut of the bonus pie.

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