Experience is what you make it.
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.
