UBS reviews

Worked in model validation and was made to believe it would be a data science type position in interviews. It was no such thing. Just reading and writing documentation and tons of beating a dead horse. So boring that after about a week I knew I needed out. Ancient technology Tons of reading documentation Restricted access to everything and data is all over the place and disorganized Late night meetings with people in Singapore No direction from leadership whatsoever Processes are all defined very vaguely so no one knows how anything is actually supposed to be done

Little-to-no career growth opportunities unless you're willing to wait for a 5-6 years, generally you shouldn't expect any promotion or significant salary raise regardless of the performance or the responsibilities. Annual performance reviews aren't completely fair, hearing from your superior something like "I wanted to give you higher rating but my boss told me to give you this" is quite common. A lot of bureaucracy, which heavily distracts from the main responsibilities and complicates the processes. Conservative environment and strong opposition to the changes, unless pushed by the senior management. Day-to-day work only on the virtual machines, which are slow, buggy, unreliable and inconvenient.