Company culture has changed - Software Engineer UBS Employee Review

2.0
24 Mar 2026
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Pros

- Colleagues at my level are mostly quite cool and chill. - The office can look quite pretty, and there's a small selection of coffee and biscuits. - They have an internal mobility portal for applying to other roles within the company.

Cons

- Management has taken on a more top-down, commanding approach. They want you to do something, and you just have to get it done. - Constantly cutting team budgets, and without reducing workload. Recently, team budget has been allocated based on how much AI you can cram into products. - Long term external employees suddenly getting let go with no one to replace them. - Middle management doesn't show a lot of interest in employees. Lack of communication to employees, with concerns left unaddressed. - Management imposed a large scale transition of development environments into a less functional environment that was missing key development features in order to cut costs.

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5.0
4 Jul 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.

3.0
5 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, easy managers and hybrid working

Cons

Ongoing merger, layoffs and restructing

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