Backend Developer Java (Fresher) - Software Development Engineer UBS Employee Review

2.0
Feb 22, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cab till home. Work life balance Good Relocation Bonus (one time) It all depends on the team and Project Lead. Learning comes in phases I was unlucky in the first six month and got really old tech stack JSP and struts. Later after change of the lead I got chance to work upon latest tech in the industry. Leaving Senior Management all the people are really helpful and nice. Nearly all teams have their own social activities and events.

Cons

Join only if you don't care about money and growth. Fixed yearly bonus for EE and AO, not even 5% assuming employed for the full review cycle. Hike is very less mostly single digit below 10%. The salary are not even close to what other banks offers in India. Leaves will get lapsed at year end. No option to en-cash them. No gifts on Diwali, New year. No other added benefits apart from salary and cabs. Favoritism will always win over hard work, effort and talent. Everything is already decided for year end review. They are just doing it for name sake. Senior management have very old thinking. They can push you up to any limit to get their year end goals completed, and they will not even give any credit for you. They will talk about ownership and strategy in front of you but will do nothing. They have very old tech stack. Most of the tech is dying and unmanageable. There is no point in learning it, as you will not find any opportunity in the old tech. Production release is a mess and you may not even get paid extra for doing it on weekend. They have a very complicated process for prod release and very few people are aware about it. Application owners in USA just want to get work done they don't think rationally on the time the effort it will take.

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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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