Developer productivity killer company - Software Engineer UBS Employee Review

1.0
Sep 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I can't think of any.

Cons

- To write a single line of code you need to join UBS workspace then to another Windows VM (basically two nested Windows machines) - UBS workspace will log you out of VM when you're inactive and you will have to do 6-7 steps again to connect to workspace and VM - Sometimes business people don't know what they are doing, thus you do not have clear requirements or mocks - A lot of security layers literally kill your passion for software development - There is dedicated team who develops React component library for internal use but all they do is to import and overwrite styles of Ant Design - This makes hard to use those components and basically I would say those developers are waste of money, you can use Ant Design and assign those developers to another projects instead of hiring new ones - You cannot even update VSCode because of security layers - You don't know anyone else besides your line manager - And many more...

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Cons

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Pros

Very minimal pros- you are working in a call center under managers with very little experience.

Cons

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