Good company but suffering from bad practices - Software Developer UBS Employee Review

2.0
Oct 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of opportunity if you are lucky and willing to take risk in experimenting. Work from home.

Cons

Getting the chance to work on things you like are so rare. Old technology stack eating up the profits and management is making employees take the bite for it. Change in direction is so frequent. Management is so biased and scared of future they are not creating the right mix / atmosphere. HR department is not empowered to help.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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