The left doesn't know what the right is doing, poor culture CDIO - Program Manager UBS Employee Review

2.0
Sep 28, 2023
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Pros

UBS has a great reputation, but the reality of working in CDIO London is very different. Flexible on hours and working days in the office for most teams.

Cons

Sadly, because employees have been told they're the best, they think they can act rudely, and often borderline inappropriate. I had to say to a line manger 5 times I am not comfortable in a 121 situation with them before they allowed me to leave a call following them making up lies that I had email proof of. Comments including 'you should go on sit on the naughty stair because you've been a naughty boy' were heard more than once. One week in the office (3 days in) in a packed office, not one person held a conversation. Often people overlap on work, and quite regularly, one team have cancelled or moved on to something else, without informing other teams, teams work in massive silos and nobody shares information unless it goes all the way up the management chain to come back down with management quite often having a job for the sake of a job and to decide what information gets to where.

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Pros

It was full of smart people

Cons

Can feel like you get lost in the sauce

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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