UBS Reviews in Stamford, CT

Pros

good benefits, smart people, good titles, good workplace dynamic people care about the work theyre doing and there is a good amount of cohesion

Cons

sometimes people can get too competitivr and there are layoffs whiuchcan be annoying and everyone can seem to pressure you

Advice to Senior Management

we need more accountability, more friendly people, helpful it people and more jobs for the people taht need them the most

Pros

High Compensation
Great Location
Decents Reputation
Great Middle Management

Cons

Long hours
No work life balance
Extensive unproductive projects
No strategy communicated

Advice to Senior Management

Stop making daily changes and create stability, consistency and credibiility

Pros

Compensation and benefits are above average. There are ample training opportunities, both technology and business related. There are an abundance of talented colleagues.

Cons

I had two of the worst managers I've ever had in my 25 years of working experience. One couldn't care less about anything except playing with his iPhone all day and the other was the ultimate micro manager. Everyone there is in cover my ass mode, no responsibility taken for anything. Desktop technology is hopelessly outdated and the technology provided for remote access is laughable, I had better remote access in 1988. Ridiculous layers of process to get anything done. Bottom line is I couldn't stand being there every single day.

Advice to Senior Management

Jeez can you try to not screw every client and government agency you work with? It really got old reading about UBS being sued or litigated every week, all across the globe. Integrity is not exactly pervasive across the organization.

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

Depending on which area you work in its a good bank to work for. Corporate center is not treated good at all in pay or in bonuses. Advice is do not join the corporate center.

Cons

Corporate center is demotivated from doing their best, very large turnover, creates a large operational risk. Everything was pushed out to corporate center IT, Risk, Operations.

Advice to Senior Management

Create opportunities, be flexible and motivate employees.

Pros

Salary and benefits and lay off package :)

Cons

The way some managers treat people

Advice to Senior Management

No advice

Pros

good benefits and time off policies
Swiss / European culture of summer holiday
global footprint provides opportunties to work in emerging markets

Cons

Advancement is not based on individual performance
Reputation and business has yet to recover from the financial crisis - may never

Advice to Senior Management

quit

Pros

good people
great skills
good internal opportunities
good communication between teams
good brand despite the crisis

Cons

bad senior management
no promotions
HR are useless
too much politics
heavily administrative

Advice to Senior Management

stop doing politics
reward good people

as well, please do cuts in one time, not all year-round. Its really bad for the staff morale.

Pros

Great facilities and office environment. A large institution therefore opportunities for growth when the company at large is performing well.

Cons

Politics mixed with greed evitably creates people that are okay with backstabbing one another in the hopes of outshining their peers.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep your balls entact when dealing with senior management to make sure the right people are kept while the useless are cut.

Pros

A "not great/ not bad" place to work, but high turnover

Cons

High turnover..pay not competitive enough

Advice to Senior Management

they won't listen anyways.