United Overseas Bank Reviews

Cons

Could be a bit traditional

Cons

1. Long working hours - additional 0.5 hours as compared to others 2. Management are conservative with new ideas 3. If your direct manager doesn’t like you, that’s it.. even though you’re performing. 4. Stringent processes, people are so scared of changing things due to if sth happens you’re the one got blamed 5. Lack of autonomy as everything also must refer, can’t make own decision which slows down the whole process 6. Guilt trip when taking sick leave as well as leaving early if your colleagues have not done their work. Even though you’re fast but still have to help out for those who are less efficient and lower productivity ones 7. Difficult to take leave if the manager doesn’t like you 8. Staff well beings are concerned but not across all departments

Cons

- Old school management whose articulated strategy does not align with what they ask to be done on the ground. E.g push for A as strategy to the media/investors, but asks you to focus on B during your day to day work as it’s a quick win. - Dinosaurs who expect 100% work from office just so they can see u around (even though there’s an official remote work policy by HR, most of the bosses ignore it blatantly and expect their teams to be in 5 days a week. The bank is losing truckloads of talent because of this inflexibility but the leadership refuses to change their ways.] - lowball salary and weak perks that are below market (if you see it at UOB, expect to see it at the other local banks at higher amounts/tiers). - highly political - there are circus shows setup every month with the sole agenda for you to show to your bosses what u have been doing in the month. No clap = no promotion. Absolute waste of time.

Cons

Poor leadership from team leads. Most team leads are at the level because they are in the company for a v long time. But they don’t have leadership skills. They throw juniors under the bus and take credit when junior did things well. Ask junior to scold other department.

Cons

- Long work hours, (9.5h in office, 1,5 hour lunch), may be a deal breaker for some - Office amenities and atmosphere honestly feels like it's stuck in the late 90s and early to mid 2000s, quite outdated and slow coming over from other banks - Not much in Work life balance options, Flexi2 available but not enough to make up for the amount of time we're spent working

Cons

HOD is bad in all angles, dislike promoting internally. HOD never appreciates staffs, treats staffs as chess pieces. HOD always discredit staffs, disregard performers or non-performers. There’s always something bad about everyone who works under him. Managed out a lot of women who have family planning in mind.

Cons

Traditional bank/mindset. Very well known in the whole department that there is a few Team Leads that is very old school and if you are not in their team, you are lucky. They micromanage, shout, degrade and scold analyst infront of the department when they make a mistake or when there is much work/stress. Banging of tables and snide remarks are also often made. Gossip is rampant. Turnover is high in the department; probably due various reasons. Stepping stone place. WFH is only once a day, but up to each team leader discretion on this. 830am to 6pm or 9am to 630pm working hours. Non-existent pantry; only instant coffee machine and cold/hot water. Below than average salary compensation. High workload for analyst.

Cons

- Risk teams not business friendly and will eventually run business to the ground - Compliance teams very rigid automatons who over read into regulations- should get lawyers on board instead - this part also with drag UOB in the mud for awhile - Paternal leave and maternal benefits poor - can be improved with more coverage - Salary can also be improved to be mark-to-market to at least DBS level - can match DB level even better

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- work overtime and overload of work until 9pm - commission is too low and voucher take too long to redeem

Cons

Benefits aren’t great. Comps are not competitive. Systems, processes and data are all over the place. No one is keen to improve anything, because it’s not in anyone’s interests to fight for improvements to take place. Office environment sucks, I mean the physical office. It really looks like it belongs to the 1980s.