Nice colleagues, uncompetitive pay, and high expectations - Anonymous employee UBS Employee Review

2.0
Mar 9, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-generally easy-going colleagues -internal competition not great (vs. other houses) -access to talented people at your fingertips -has an enjoyable culture

Cons

-pay package is not "competitive" -promotion process, structure, not clearly defined -high expectations for little compensation -pay is not consistent within the same dept for same ranking (+#yrs)

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

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