Attracting and retaining exceptional talent is lower priority than pleasing shareholders and cutting costs. - Anonymous employee UBS Employee Review

2.0
Apr 10, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Global company. Ability to work with many people from around the world every day. Many opportunities to learn new skills. Coworkers are very pleasant to work with.

Cons

The culture has shifted from a collaborative and can-do attitude to one of a can't-do mentality due to significantly reduced teams having to continuously say "we don't have the resources" and "we need more funding". New organizational structure within corporate center division affecting thousands of staff. Minimal support for new organizational structure. Minimal evidence of benefits for new organizational structure. Repetitive head-count reductions. Compensation and benefits below the average of peers.

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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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