UBS Reviews

Pros

Education- Interesting seminars from time to timei

Cons

Lack of Management Interest in junior employees

Pros

Friendly culture, good work life balance, reasonable renumeration

Cons

Limited opportunities for career progression

Advice to Senior Management

Staff retention is key

Pros

Lots of internal training available and opportunities for Internal mobility.

Cons

Org changes takes too long and often there are much uncertainties with no clear direction before another change takes place.

Performance review system has gotten worst.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate immediately and more frequently even when you do not have a clear direction as oppose to having your staff feel uncertainty and a lack of focus thinking if the work done today is still going to be relevant tomorrow. This is especially important during time of organization change.

Pros

Not as large as the other wire houses, much more nimble, staff that cares, they are investing in the future

Cons

much smaller than other wire houses, operations can get bogged down, staff is over worked, their technology is very dated

Advice to Senior Management

keep investing in the future, do not sell yourself, do not buy anyone else, increase employee compensation to retain talent

Pros

Major bulge bracket firm, global platform

Cons

Culture, bad performance, face time

Advice to Senior Management

focus on retaining staff

Pros

Large global firm
Full service provider
Good benefits

Cons

Stagnated work culture
Frequent management changes
Executive management level top-heavy

Advice to Senior Management

Employees need to feel empowered by a transparent and strong management team.

Pros

It's a great place to work. They have a great online university that can assist you with honing you work skills.

Cons

Sometimes your hired to work a management position but without the title. If your hired as a Senior Associate be prepared to work as a manager.

Advice to Senior Management

Just looks for more ways to promote from within. UBS is an organization with extremely talented people and sometimes they are not utilized well.

Pros

global, international company that has a lot of potential for growth and becoming the world leader no matter how harsh the current financial world with the rules for the banks, especially the Swiss.

Cons

The stricter regulations that have to be fulfilled than almost anyone else in the world in the short time provied.

Pros

People are fantastic. Support is great. Technology is great. Offices are world class.

Cons

If you're not doing more than $400K in production, your payout is pretty low. Payouts start around 28%. Difficult place to start in the business, but if you're a veteran with a good book, it's great.

Pros

-good benefits
-youthful co-workers
-non stressful environment

Cons

No real opportunities to grow

Advice to Senior Management

Pay more.