UBS Reviews in Connecticut

I worked at UBS as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – Nice work environment, well educated and professional colleagues

Cons – Too many meetings. Too many chiefs with wide varying opinions results in unwieldy applications.

Advice to Senior Management – Too caught up in designing processes and not in delivering.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at UBS full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Flexibility - can work from home (sometimes). Some time compensation for unplanned and planned long hours.

Cons – No advancement. Totally unsure about the future in my dept. Processes change like the wind, and you get blamed for handling things incorrectly. I am in production support so we have to act on current incidents and problems. Even though we've never caused a financial loss there is always some negative word heard from management after an incident about how it was handled.

Advice to Senior Management – Look at the results of employees' efforts, not just whether they filled out their forms correctly

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at UBS full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Some of the best clients on the street; some of the old timers were solid, professional bankers; being a Swiss firm, meetings always started on time!

Cons – All the good folks have left and the new folks are the worst of the worst from Merrill Lynch

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at UBS full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great 6-week global training program with all recent graduates (internationally).
Competitive post-undergraduate starting salary for the financial sector ($60K + $10K signing bonus).

Cons – In addition to the constant layoffs, much of the best talent has voluntarily departed due to poor management and overall negative view for company future.

Advice to Senior Management – Lack of stable management together with poor choices in the tapping of new business heads and the promotion of individuals for bureaucratic reasons has resulted in even poorer business performance and the deterioration of the general work environment.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at UBS full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – I enjoyed the work life balance and that was very hard to give up when thinking about my career.

Cons – UBS never recovered from the recession. Things just kept getting worse.

Advice to Senior Management – Figure out who you want to be and stick with it. Believe in your employees and pay them market price.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at UBS full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – You have all the time in the world to do anything you want.

Cons – Nothing new to learn here.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at UBS as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Flexible working hours. working offsite is allowed

Cons – little communication amongst others about roles and duties

Advice to Senior Management – communicate to business about the importance of the projects

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at UBS as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Bright and friendly colleagues. People just out of school with 1-2 years of experience willing to show the ropes to newbies

Cons – They faced financial problems (as well known) and had to postpone our full-time offers only 2 months before we were supposed to start.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at UBS full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good culture, very international, promotes leadership and hard working bankers

Cons – Need to upgrade IT infrastructure
Lots of silos across divisions
Lack of clear strategy due to too many senior management changes
Pay is awful

Advice to Senior Management – Dont let talent go away

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at UBS full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good work life balance
Lots to learn and ample career growth opportunities.
Work culture is also very good.

Cons – Many management changes in the past few years.
Talent retention hasn't been good.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company