Average employer - Software Engineer UBS Employee Review

3.0
Dec 2, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Big company, stable employment, boring tasks, nice office locations. Only good benefit is pension plan.

Cons

Management is mentally still in the 90s, promising one thing, doing another. You can agree on some things, have it in writing but they can ignore it anyway. Benefits are below average, sad, and besides the pension plan, they are really bad. On the one hand, bank save on everything, starting with the awful coffee in the office and hiring people with no skills because they are cheaper. On the other hand, every quarter mgmt brag about record profits and another award for the bank, where ordinary employees cannot even drink black tea in the office unless they buy it themselves.

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5.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

great group of guys and very efficient

Cons

there were no cons its a dream job

5.0
Jul 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

One of the biggest pros is brand value and global credibility. UBS is a top-tier global wealth management and investment bank, so having it on your resume immediately signals experience in a highly structured, regulated, and performance-driven environment. That tends to carry weight across financial services and corporate TA roles. Another major advantage is strong learning exposure. Because UBS operates across wealth management, investment banking, asset management, and corporate functions, employees usually get exposure to complex stakeholder groups, senior leadership, and high-volume, high-stakes hiring environments. For recruiting roles specifically, that often means experience with executive searches, niche skill sets, and global requisitions.

Cons

other factor is workload during restructuring cycles or market downturns. Financial services recruiting is highly market-sensitive, so hiring freezes or sudden ramps are common. That can create uncertainty or shifting priorities in requisition ownership and pipeline planning. From a career perspective, role specialization can sometimes feel narrow. While UBS is large, some employees find they become highly specialized in one function (like wealth management or a specific region), which may require intentional effort to broaden experience.

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