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    UBS Reviews

    Updated 23 February 2019
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    UBS Group CEO Sergio P. Ermotti
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    1. "Software engineer"

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      Current Employee - Software Engineer in London, England
      Current Employee - Software Engineer in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UBS full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Excellent work/life balance and people

      Cons

      Bureaucracy in such a big company slows all the processes down

    2. "AO"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I have been working at UBS full-time

      Pros

      Good people and opportunities

      Cons

      Can be slow to recognise progression

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    3. "Senior Consultant"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at UBS full-time

      Pros

      good culture and friendly people

      Cons

      bureaucracy and slow moving decission making

    4. "Business Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Business Analyst in London, England
      Former Employee - Business Analyst in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at UBS full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Friendly colleagues. Working with top management.

      Cons

      Work is dry and monotonous.

      Advice to Management

      More team outings required.

    5. "Work Hard"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Good opportunities in tech, forward looking IT

      Cons

      Make it happen yesterday culture

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Reactive not proactive"

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      Former Employee - Caa in London, England
      Former Employee - Caa in London, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at UBS full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Nice financial services environment to work with. People are very friendly and management is approachable.

      Cons

      Salary is low, promotions are rare and as per my title, although management are approachable they are reactive. I had explained an issue for months and as I was so junior nothing was done and I left the company. It put me off the industry but in hindsight it was management that was difficult and the structure of the business rather than the role.

      Advice to Management

      Discussion around promotions has to be more frequent with junior employees. Lots of smaller firms are more competitive and offer quicker progression (not necessarily with a pay packet) but at least you can see yourself as an asset.
      Apprenticeship and management need to be reformed to make the scheme more competitive and make more use of your junior employees. I felt left behind and unmotivated by the end,
      CA's treatment of CAA's needs to be monitored. Sometimes you felt like a PA and they often gave you bad advice,
      Culture is dull. Not flexible and not innovative. Its like going back 20 years.

    7. "Intern"

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      Current Employee - Intern in London, England
      Current Employee - Intern in London, England

      I have been working at UBS full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      New opportunities and good experience

      Cons

      Long hours, very intense work

    8. "What you need to know about the market"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UBS full-time

      Pros

      Best equity research firm on the street

      Cons

      Not the most structured in terms of integrating juniors

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Anonymous corporate beast"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at UBS full-time

      Pros

      Clients are great, most are great and the coffee is ok.

      Cons

      Organisation too large. Nobody has any ability to make a decision. Sales sales sales. Culture of fear

      Advice to Management

      Value, trust and develop your people - they are not cattle

    10. "Employee"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UBS full-time

      Pros

      Nice office, good managers, good work life balance

      Cons

      Long hours, agile working, lack of progression

      Advice to Management

      Not applicable