UBS Reviews

Pros

company culture/dynamic working environment and smartest people to work with

Cons

compensation is relatively low compared with other big banks

Pros

Good place to learn cross culture work experience
Nice financial knowledge can be learn even you work in back office

Cons

difficult to be promoted
seem to pay lesser than its competitors
there are some management who are very well paid but not doing much

Advice to Senior Management

Hire wisely for management role
Increase the salary of the employees to retain talents
Communicate more and regularly to your staffs.

Pros

Can earn your 7 and 66
Work is easy and will not take your whole day, but you cannot leave early
great co-workers

Cons

No real career advancement- only two positions
Mgmt pays favorites and holds grudges
Very disorganized for a financial company
The Financial Advisor position is no more than a glorified call center representative - you most answer 35 calls a day and do not make outcalls for financial reviews for clients
This is the UBS Investment Center, not an actual UBS branch. so the clients are people who were dumped by their financial advisor in the field. So, most of the time the client does not want their account there. Since it is the investment center, the pay and perks are much,much less than the branch.

Advice to Senior Management

The operations manager plays favorites too much and hold personal grudges, grow up and focus on the quality of the work done, not who visits your office the most to brown nose.

Pros

Nice officespace ...multiple monitors
Easy of. communication with other co workers ...less politics
Broadcasted. soccer world cup on intranet
Any equipment request quickly approved

Cons

Managers absolutely cluseless about managing projects.
poor pay , that explains the quality of managers
No food or transportation provided with overtime work...absolutley ungreatful.
Trying hard to cut costs by outsourcing but paying high price on quality and retention front

Advice to Senior Management

you get what you pay for
If your getting work for free , why not pay for food an transportation for overtime
Stop being pennywise and pound foolish

Pros

very good working environment, nice pay for interns, good chance to grow, networking chance with higher level officers, nice co-workers

Cons

interview process is too long, inter placement took a long time for about 2 month after I accept job offer

Advice to Senior Management

to be more efficiency, to clarify the process and placement process. we need more pay and more bonus. Intern can have a paid vacation

Pros

Great opportunity to move across different job titles, and to travel.

Cons

If you're not used to Corporate America, the change can be daunting to say the least.

Advice to Senior Management

N/A

Pros

Global opportunity for employees, very easy to change regions.

Cons

Lots of systems doing the same thing.

Advice to Senior Management

Reduce costs.

Pros

The advocacy for work-life balance is astounding, especially when compared to my erstwhile employer (IB division in a commercial banking behemoth). Front-to-back systems is top-notch, meaning analysts / controllers can go about doing their proper jobs and value-add, rather than do systems patch work.
Also, the organisation flow is very flat - and there is great openness and direct conversations had on many a subject (hence, little risk for corporate, interneccine toxicity)

Cons

Very calm. Almost too calm. Then again, that's not an issue now, is it??

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work!

Pros

Great working environment, good place to learn. People are very friendly and always willing to help out. Room for potential growth within the company.

Cons

At certain times management is not always around for assistance. It is hard to get certain things escalated by the back office.

Advice to Senior Management

Please be more aware of the employees and when they need to get certain things escalated. It is important to have meetings with all of your employees on a weekly basis.

Pros

Global Organisation with opportunities to travel

Cons

Constantly growing and contracting workforce