UBS Reviews

Pros

Good work life balance at all levels

Cons

Mgt is incompetent; managers who caused huge losses are still at helm of Investment Bank; enormous bureaucracy

Advice to Senior Management

Bring in competent management

Pros

Brand Value, Learning curve is huge ( please refer cons )

Cons

Review cycle depends on the company performance.
Learning curve only develops with process work rather than technology

Advice to Senior Management

Depends on which department that you work with, In our area we never had any feed back on the work . lol the best part was the internal employee is treated as a client rather than being colleague.

Pros

Good training
Good product platform
Used to be a place to be proud workin for

Cons

Very political
Management stuck, no decision taken

Advice to Senior Management

Cut some layer

Pros

Good Brand awarness within the wealth management industry

Cons

Recent events have reduced the brand value

Advice to Senior Management

Reshape the industry, innovate. We need to unlock shareholder value in an innovative way.

Pros

Truly global model
Pockets of greatness
Professional pride
Brand strength despite recent problems
High Pay
Quiet environment
Relatively respectful working environment

Cons

Very political place
Appearance more important than substance
Lack of intellectual curiosity
Internally oriented
Lack of management leadership
Lack of strategy

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on long term
Go back to basics
Bring back center of decision to Switzerland
Sell Investment Banking unit
revamp technology group

Pros

Excellent brand and positioning/advertising
Good WM platform - deep product offering
Leadership position in Asia

Cons

Zurich HQ is clueless about rest of the world
Poor understanding of compliance and controls requirement
Culture of pushing risk and compliance to the back-end over chasing deals

Advice to Senior Management

Move out of CH, get closer to your growth markets

Pros

great company to start international career

Cons

big, complex structures with long decision paths

Pros

International company with many departments to work for. Culture is a good mix and IT infrastructure is quite good. Global plattform and many opportunities within the bank.

Cons

Big and you lose oversight as the organisation is not very clear. A lot of department heads just want to cover their back and don't do what is best for the team.

Advice to Senior Management

Less managers, don't lose focus, less short term thinking, support young talent, less politics

Pros

a place with all talented professional people, a great opportunity to gain really financial knowledge, a great place to work :(

Cons

ppl are too stressed to talk. sometimes it feels you are on your own. too much over time work. go home late :(

Pros

Great opportunities for development and recognition for the work done well.

Cons

Slow moving work environment makes fast movers suffer.