Quality people, but very bureaucratic - Risk Management Specialist UBS Employee Review

2.0
4 Nov 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

hiring process is rigorous, resulting in generally very high-quality coworkers

Cons

1. Very poor IT culture outside of R&D and cutting edge investments. If you see a very simple change that raises work quality, reduces errors, saves money and reduces employee frustration, chances are slim to none that it will ever come to pass. 2. High quality employees will burn out and leave from frustration once realizing that their tactic in many areas is to take advantage of ambitious, driven professionals by overworking them at the expense of their work-life balance rather than acting on even the simplest opportunities to improve the process and infrastructure.

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Pros

Supportive and collaborative team environment.

Cons

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3.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good Learning opportunities, Tech savvy compared to other banking / fintech companies

Cons

Too much offshore, low cost resource strategies, Gap between functional & IT resources, CS merger favored many UBS employees and massive layoffs post UBS - CS merger. Hardly any bonus or pay increments.

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