UBS Employer Reviews

Although always moving ahead in the ever changing derivatives space, and more importantly being ahead of the curve in regards to Dodd Frank and EMIR regulation and derivative changes, the effort of the individual teams/people involved is rewarded by constantly low or zero compensation over the last 3 years. Morale at all time low and various key individuals – more... within operations are moving on. – less

Please refer to my CV and cover letter for details.
Normal day started around 8am and finished around 10pm (due to late night conference calls with my global counterparts).
My role gave me a large amount of autonomy and also enabled me to expand my people management skills - I managed the largest Ops change team in APAC. The hours were long but the – more... days always went quickly due to the large scope of my role. No one day was the same. – less

growth is bit slow,less profitinalism,with more politics

A typical day would always start with the most critical client deadline work. We would need to prioritise our work load in order not to miss client deadlines, this was very important and we liaised with management regularly keeping them up-to-date with a progress report.

Myself and my co-workers have worked at UBS Investment bank for many years, we – more... all know each other well and work together well.

The most enjoyable part of the job was being able to be creative with the screen shows, I worked for the Telecom Team for several years and travelled around Europe with the Team creating presentations for the road shows. – less

Dality support either remote or desk side.
Good management.
Good co workers.
Most enjoyable are the my co workers.

Its the best place to get and consolidate the skills on SAP. Good rapport with the Client helps and creates and environment to excel. Leadership skills on Project delivery is what we get to learn from the client. The hardest part is less no of resources so the existing resources have to bear the burden.

Basically transferring client stocks and shares and cash to new providers in a quick and efficient manner.

Became very busy as many clients decided to move to new providers and therefore workload became extreme of a long period of time.

Management was okay but lacked man management skills which affected staff morale.

Enjoyed working as part of a – more... friendly team who made the job easier to complete. – less

I still do remember my typical day at work. It was where the trader has dealt 100 trades at a time and there were discrepancies on them. I have noticed the discrepancies and got them solved in less time and more efficiently. I got the appeciation from the trader and higher officials for the same as i did this in less time and more efficiently. In addition – more... to this, i have been trained on the whole process and handled all the applications within my 21 months of tenure at Cognizant-UBS.

My co-workers had always been supportive and cooperative which made me work with them happily and comfortably – less

It's a nice bank to work with. All process is so much organized and makes thing easily accessible.
The management is so friendly and you get ample opportunities to present your ideas.

Good control and risk environment
Enjoyable place to work
Challenging

less working hours but evaluation system is not good
benefit is not good.

Speaking for Wealth Management business. After 8 years, the layoffs finally caught up with me. Company has been in downsizing mode for years and layoffs are a regular occurrence. But at the same time, they are hiring people? Go figure. Seems like they are churning the staff to bring in the people and form the teams the way they want. Company is going – more... through a lot of changes. People being asked to do more with less resources. A lot of good people going out the door, both on their own and by RIF. Very serious brain drain. No raises in years. Little to no bonuses in years. Reviews are a joke - they make no sense, and no one can really explain how they really work, except in corporate-speak. A lot of people got downgraded this year for no apparent reason. Seems like they are trying to drive some people out without having to lay them off. Then, if they don't go, they get laid off because they were deemed to be a weak link. Then they can bring in the people they really want. Decent benefits when they're not cutting back on them. Lots of technology outsourcing; developers brought in from consulting companies who have no business being there. Atmosphere being driven more and more by Type A overachievers. If you are part of an inner circle, you will go somewhere. If not, good luck - you'll be spinning your wheels. There are still lots of old Paine Weber people there who are fairly well entrenched and liked. Investment banking business has been re-morphing for years. No stability there while they try to figure out what they want to do with it. Don't know anything about Global Asset Management business, but my sense is they are not an industry leader. They generate the least amount of revenue for the company. – less

Good Work / Life Balance

Good management

Very efficient place to work

I could not recommend a friend or relative to work here. It is an organization that values the underline more than the people.

Lives to the hype as the best private bank in the world. A very diverse workplace with workers from all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds.

Learned about working in a Global workplace with people from many different countries and cultures.

I joined at a time where the banking industry was in it's prime. Currently in the economic decline moral and talent at this company are diminishing. I learned that there are silo's and definite golden boys club that runs deep at this company. It's a great place if you know how to manage the politics and can handle the lack of financial growth. Excellent – more... work life balance but don't expect for it to last long. – less

challenging work environment
great location in midtown
good mnanagement
nice, young co-workers
career development available

My daily responsiblity is managing my offshore team based in Singapore on completely daily T0 vs T1 PnL production for the CMBS Trading and Real Estate Securitizations business. Co-workers are mixed just like any other organization for the most part of good to work with. The most difficult part of my job is managing my open communication from management – more... as many things are decided up top but do not trickle downstream. – less

A somewhat overly strict and rigid work environment. Sometimes seems that everyone is out for their own success. Advancement limited at times.