Not one of the better banks - Research Associate UBS Employee Review

2.0
26 Dec 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people (fellow employees) - Everyone learns from each other and there is an ability to form friendships that reach outside of work hours. Good benefits (401k matching - automatic 4% regardless of whether you make a contribution, plus 75% of your contribution up to 4% of compensation, health, dental, vision)

Cons

Senior management incompetence - There are too many horror stories to list, from management not giving employees any bonus so they'll leave instead of management just laying them off, to laying people off on a Monday morning after they spent the entire weekend in the office to finish a project, to unfairly discipling people, so UBS can show statistics of how they handle situations. Lower compensation relative to peers - $5-10k less for each employee here and there means senior mangement can pad their own pockets.

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5.0
18 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

work life balance, nice office, hybrid, fleixible

Cons

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3.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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