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    UBS Reviews

    Updated 9 December 2018
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    UBS Group CEO Sergio P. Ermotti
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    1. "Simply the best"

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

      I worked at UBS full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      You get to work with the smartest, most dedicated people on Earth

      Cons

      Low morale due to perfect storm of scandals and problems and job cuts

    2. "placement"

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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

      very good business, very nice work environment.

      Cons

      very hard work - however I like this.

      Advice to Management

      non.

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    3. "Could be great"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      Great office, flexible working, interesting projects, global scope

      Cons

      Unrealistic expectations re workload, too few people to do too much work

      Advice to Management

      employee enough people to do the work

    4. "Very good at transferring you to other region offices"

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

      I have been working at UBS full-time

      Pros

      While headcount is always a consideration, they do their best to relocate you when you express a desire to or you have visa problems

      Cons

      Cost cutting heavy and short-termism

    5. "Asset Management placement intern role"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      the firm has a very flat organisational system

      Cons

      A lot of work to be done so you have to have strong management skills

    6. "UBS"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at UBS full-time

      Pros

      Inclusive environment, flexible working, chellenging opportunities.

      Cons

      Can be hard to navigate internal politics.

    7. "Ok to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at UBS full-time

      Pros

      Good colleagues and big company

      Cons

      Many changes in short time of period

    8. "Good balance"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

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

      Pros

      It was good place to work

      Cons

      Not much to say as cons

    9. "Global Talent programme"

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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

      really nice employees, invest a lot of money in their staff. Flexible working

      Cons

      hours can sometimes be very long

    10. "Hierarchical, ego driven company, your face has to fit."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at UBS full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      They have a nice new London Office

      Cons

      To progress or get any acknowledgement for your work its about how much noise you make about what you do rather than having made any genuine input or contribution. They are by far the biggest box ticking organisation I have ever witnessed. False corporate noise about progression, reward etc. They like to make everything seem bigger than it is, ultimately driven by the bottom line there is no fairness or honesty. Wasted 8+ years. I have taken my 25 years experience elsewhere.

      Advice to Management

      Take a long hard look at UBS, not just your own salaries, you need to look yourself and not trust what you are told, you are being fooled into believing everything is fine, that or you don't care. You have endless good people leaving, departments with blue collar bullies, racist homophobes that you ignore. Teams with 4 or more people leaving in a short period of time should ring alarm bells. People getting jobs that they should not have even made the CV sift for is again something you should be looking at.