UBS Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at UBS?

"The floor was broken into units and geographical teams that worked cohesively."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Fluency in French and Latin languages would be a strong asset."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"There was politics and favoritism. The company took advantage of their clients."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Rotate the personel within the teams and rotate them into other geographical areas."

"Not a bad experience, but I am an entrepreneur"

What do you like about working at UBS?

"Level of professionalism, great group of workers, small and tight knit group of intelligent staff."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't give up. If you know you have what it takes stick to your guns."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"Rigid corporate structure, lack of individualism, lack of entrepreneurial 'think for yourself' basis."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Start committing to the 'things' you wish you had more time to do."

What do you like about working at UBS?

"opputunity for career growth, good support from managment, open to new ideas"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"should be technically strong, open to learn new technologies, leads"

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"nothing, I like everthing at and around my work area"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"nothing, I feel management is obsoultly good at taking decistions"

What do you like about working at UBS?

"Nothing at all, boring soul destroying underpaid work that makes me sick"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Interview somewhere else do t believe the hype it's all lies"

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"It's a very bad place to work you o viously have t read my answers"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let fully experienced staff negotiAte documents themselves instead of being watched constantly."

"Great - I learned a lot."

What do you like about working at UBS?

"Challenging projects that allow you to grow but not too much support from management."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure to reach out to someone internally to get an idea for what the role is. the description seems to be quite different from the roles."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"Large bureaucracy and weak emergency process made the job challenging."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have a clear growth path or help engineers grow with the company."

What do you like about working at UBS?

"Stretch deadlines with reasonable expectations; mostly good teaming; fair salaries."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do your job well, help others, be smart, and the rewards should.come."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"The direct competition for compensation and budgets leads too many employees to conniving and less than firm benefiting actions"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More emphasis on employee morale and long-term growth; increased acknowledgement of threats to our business model and attempts to adapt"

"Amazing co-workers from branch to home office was a valuable experience"

What do you like about working at UBS?

"The people, our customers and the integrity of the company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared and do not be afraid to ask questions"

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"The ability for promotion within the company after new management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To invest in there employees who truly are loyal employees."

What do you like about working at UBS?

"Good team with different skill sets are working together and delivering projects"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Person taking interview may not know anything about your position or role you are being interviewed at."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"Top managers have their own agenda then working together to improve company balance sheet"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make Managers accountable for their work and delivery of projects"

What do you like about working at UBS?

"The job is great. Being able to help others and maybe teach them is highly rewarding."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"A strong financial background is needed and applicants who have taken any of the series tests would do fine."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"As a long time telecommuter, the options for advancement are limited."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should be open and encourage the idea of telecommuters as managers and other upper level support roles."

"Highly business oriented environment."

What do you like about working at UBS?

"I get to use to my skill set. Also, several of my college friends were working near by."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be ready to deal with company politics and bureaucracies. Lots of new hires became paranoid and start to acted foolishly."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"The environment is highly political and and highly bureaucratic. Because of the politics and bureaucracies, it takes a long time to get anything done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be less political and less bureaucratic. Also, update the technology such network, PC, and database."

"Challenging,"

What do you like about working at UBS?

"Large corporate environment, Global presense interfaced with many levels of management."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be careful of the positions being offered, they are not in line with what the organization and the company is actually about."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"Management was not available, inadequate training, no documentation and support."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management was out of touch with projects and the understanding of day to day work."

"no vacation, consulting"

What do you like about working at UBS?

"the work. The work and the env is good. All kind of technologies to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"na. little is not enough. need to pass at least 5 interview process."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"traveling is too much for me. NJ to Stamford . 5 hours of travel every day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"none. They are really good. working with management is always fun there."

What do you like about working at UBS?

"The support that I get from my colleagues, manager and network FAs who I support."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be patient because career advancement is something that really doesn't exist."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"Inability to advance or find a job into which I can advance my career."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Open opportunities for employees who would like to build careers with the firm."

"UBS Financial Contractor who I have worked under is still a great friend."

What do you like about working at UBS?

"The Team, The Manager, The Resources, The Environment, and the End User Team."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be more relaxed about hiring new testers, testing tools are becoming dummy-proof."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"Beta Test Team; all they wanted to do is do their share of work and leave the environment unstable without consulting the testing team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get rid of Beta Test Teams. Pay Test Teams little more to perform Beta, UAT, and Deployment tests."

"An outpost of a global firm that supports and protects clients and the firm."

What do you like about working at UBS?

"Great colleagues; there is a truly team-like atmosphere, where most people are willing and happy to help each other out. Technologically, UBS is slightly more advanced than the rest of the industry in terms of database management."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is a great company to join at the entry level. The training opportunities are immense, and the ability to customize large amount of data based on your own criteria is a huge positive for learning how to analyze numbers and trends. If you're looking to make your way up the corporate ladder, then perhaps you should consider other firms."

What don't you like about working at UBS?

"The culture of meritocracy has declined over the past 5 years. All raises, promotions and bonuses have been frozen for the past 3 years, and exceeding objectives is no longer reason for reward. There is also a large divide between middle and upper management. It feels that they do not know any of their own staff sometimes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should nurture talent within the firm. There are many intelligent and talented individuals, who often leave the firm because they are not recognized or rewarded appropriately. Without any fresh eyes there is little room for innovation, and the firm does not evolve alongside the rest of the industry."