Experience is what you make it. - Senior Registered Client Service Associate UBS Employee Review

3.0
Jul 16, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Established company. Offer 401k match up to $3,000 plus company portion contribution. The company portion is a percent of your salary. Percent goes up with length of time, ex: 5 years with UBS gets you 1.5% of your salary, Employee share purchase program, 1 share for every 3 shares you purchase, vests after 3 years. 12 weeks family leave after birth of child. Average 3 weeks vacation.

Cons

Low base salaries for support staff. Large corporate structure. Support staff has to put in hours worked every two weeks. No salary increases for a couple of years. Difficult to get upgraded on titles. Higher titles are given to new people coming in from outside. No overtime pay. No recognition for different individual characteristics of employees with same title as others.

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Pros

Good company to work for. Flexible work schedule

Cons

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5.0
Jul 4, 2026
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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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