The left doesn't know what the right is doing, poor culture CDIO - Program Manager UBS Employee Review

2.0
Sep 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

UBS has a great reputation, but the reality of working in CDIO London is very different. Flexible on hours and working days in the office for most teams.

Cons

Sadly, because employees have been told they're the best, they think they can act rudely, and often borderline inappropriate. I had to say to a line manger 5 times I am not comfortable in a 121 situation with them before they allowed me to leave a call following them making up lies that I had email proof of. Comments including 'you should go on sit on the naughty stair because you've been a naughty boy' were heard more than once. One week in the office (3 days in) in a packed office, not one person held a conversation. Often people overlap on work, and quite regularly, one team have cancelled or moved on to something else, without informing other teams, teams work in massive silos and nobody shares information unless it goes all the way up the management chain to come back down with management quite often having a job for the sake of a job and to decide what information gets to where.

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5.0
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Pros

Strong culture, global brand, good people

Cons

Continuous changes, team dependent upward mobility

1.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

Managers are useless. The greater organization refers to the Wealth Advice Center as the “WAC”… yes…. wack. It has a double meaning and the advisors on the ultra high net worth teams are known to make fun of this call center. Very unserious role.

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