UBS reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(14,592 total reviews)
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Sergio P. Ermotti

83% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

UBS has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 14,592 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
4.0
Jan 9, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- career growth: opportunity to grow your career by learning from peers, internal training courses, short workshops - healthy environment: most of the staff treat other each well. Teamwork attitude with a focus on helping the community multiple months of the year - access to management: you can typically meet with senior management easily on a quarterly basis. I also feel like line manager support is good - benefits: nice amount of time off from day 1 and decent 401k match

Cons

- Reviews/Compensation: One yearly review where the metrics to succeed are very tough. Everyone is "average" on the scale and very tough to break through the average threshold. Compensation lacks workload. You will feel underpaid for 1-2 years due to workload before you are recognized with a raise in compensation. Also, compensation discussion is yearly after reviews. You never see off cycle raises. Insurance: HSA model which can be difficult for families

3.0
Dec 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent benefits. 3 weeks vacation, 8 sick days, 2 personal days when hired. Company funded HSA which is yours whether you stay or leave the firm and is replenished every year. Generous family leave when you have children.

Cons

Micro-managed. Severely underpaid at 50K a year compared to the market we work and peer firms. Unless you live locally the commute is undesirable. Severely understaffed and overworked teams, which in my time, clearly has negative impacts on morale across the teams and produces over 40% turnover in the first year of employment for new hires. Have to stay in the role for 18 months before you can look at other career opportunities/paths in the firm.

3.0
Nov 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

+ Excellent European telecom credentials (top 3 in the world) + Industry-leading clients (Vodafone, Telefonica for example) + Great exit opps. + Fantastic work ethic of the team + Senior team has excellent technical backgrounds + Collegiate work environment amongst juniors

Cons

- Notorious for long hours - VPs can be very controlling - Associates can be stuck doing analyst work for years - Hierarchical - junior/senior relationships need work - Excessive / superfluous analytical work at times (especially in the context of marketing books) - Some senior team members are difficult to work with / poor at inspiring/leading juniors

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