+486 Don’t work at UBS - UBS Sucks 57 6d
+332 Article - UBS’ Investment Bank Keeps Losing Ground 44 6d
+272 Should My Intern Get a Return Offer? 62 2d
+272 Why UBS Is the Worst Place to Start Your IB Career 44 6d
+241 Downfall of Qatalyst 49 22h
+240 UBS Accused of Favoring H-1B Workers While Cutting U.S.-Born Employees 55 1w
+231 UBS 2nd Year Analyst Q&A (2026) 43 3d
+176 UBS IB 26Q2 a Disaster! Advisory Revenue Down 23%, Capital MarketsDown 5% 25 1d
+145 Return Rates For Interns Are Falling? 45 35m
+126 IB Energy Drink Tier List / Ranking 80 4h
+126 UBS Americas IB: The Kids’ Table of Wall Street 16 53m
+109 What's your craziest "hardo" story? 18 1w
+98 UBS Summer 2026 Return Offers 50 4h
+95 PJT M&A Group Selection 2026 15 6d
+85 Lincoln International Return Offers 42 4d
+83 Getting Laid in IB? 31 2w
+82 I am a drunk MD AMA 35 1h
+80 F*ck it I'm Going to Med School 28 4d
+73 London IB BB is a challenge 40 6h
+71 Firm Thinks I'm Lying About Offer 20 1w
+66 Elite Boutique interview questions 19 8h
+65 When to Leave Office as Intern 8 4w
+64 Living in greenwich as an analyst? 17 2w
+64 Wolf of Wall Street vs. Reality: Anyone else feel scammed by the movies? 20 2d
+62 Indiana University Fraternity Pipelines 36 1w
+61 Best IB Group Overall? 35 3w
+61 VP Lifestyle at Top BB Coverage Groups 39 4h
+58 Would you rather be a Touse Squid or a Bouse Mogger in IB 4 2w
+55 Rogo AI 24 6d
+55 Suspended for a Year 32 2d
+54 Feedback for internship first desk at IBD BB - personal fit, "don't be too confident" 29 2w
+54 so confused about 28 SA timeline 27 1w
+51 One year since I didn't get a return - advice 2 1h
+46 SharePoint makes IB hours HELL 15 2d
+46 An Outsider’s View of RX Banking Out of College 6 1d
+45 NYC Associate Budget 16 1d
+42 Rate my non-target resume 22 5d
+42 momentum of Rx groups 15 7h
+41 Nauseous every morning for past 3 years in IB, anyone else? 21 3w
+40 Stay at Weak Dealflow Team or Lateral? 12 1w
+39 What do you say to ppl who don’t know EVR/LAZ/CVP/PJT 28 3w
+39 Fired during interview 8 13h
+38 Going out / social schedule as AN1 16 2w
+38 Quick Thoughts on CVC AI Sale Process 8 2w
+37 STEM student lost in London IB recruiting 21 3w
+36 [WSO MODS] Please Delete This BS Host Books Spam! 2 1w
+35 Does BofA still pay its associates rat pellets? 18 1w
+30 FT 2027 38 9h
+30 Weird Majors->IB ? 22 6h
+28 WF opportunities 16 2w
+28 Most Technical Groups Ranked 17 10h
+27 Creating a Plan for London IB SA27 21 2w
+27 Series 79 Help 13 1d
+26 lateral hire from Corp Dev to ECM IB (No IB experience) 10 3w
+25 Is HL Done For? Q Earnings Were Brutal 8 1d
+25 How expensive is SF? 12 11m
+24 Learned Nothing in Banking. Feel Worried. 6 3w
+24 RX Firm Lateral Advice 15 1w
+24 Deeply unsatisfied with my career, need to try entrepreneurship 11 3d
+23 International student with 3-year STEM OPT – Is breaking into Wall Street IB still realistic? 23 3w
+23 How realistic is it for me to get a micro investment bank fall internship through cold emailing? 17 3w
+23 1st Half 2026 (1H26) RX IB & RX Co. Rankings 16 1w
+23 How often do you go to the gym? 8 4d
+22 Rising junior, sub-3.0 GPA, strong internships — am I cooked for US IB? 7 3w
+22 Find a college for a high school kid from Oklahoma trying to break into IB 22 1w
+22 Updated JPM Group Rankings 32 1w
+22 Preparing for Summer 2028 investment banking recruiting 9 1w
+22 Choosing a group - Investment Banking 5 2w
+22 [URGENT] Transfer to Columbia from other Ivy 8 1w
+22 Is there anything worse than having no work? 8 1w
+22 Associate 3 in ECM - Worth Moving to Broader Advisory? 8 5d
+22 Investment Banking Interview Prep 7 1w
+22 KISSED MY VP… HELP!!! 4 23m
+21 Insane hours incoming - advice ? 10 4d
+21 Left banking for a startup, now doing an MBA. Should I go back to IBD? Seeking advice 6 1w
+20 First week as an analyst — low standards and zero training, how do I actually learn? 7 4w
+20 Everyone I Spoke to had Good Mid Summer Reviews 11 3w
+20 How to Tell If You Are Getting a Return? 7 3w
+20 Del 6 1w
+20 Ivy League Student Athlete Curious About How to Networking 12 6d
+20 UBS fined 125M for money laundering Putin regime. 4 15h
+20 Contradictory and Bad End of Year HR Review 7 9h
+19 Bad intern review, next steps? 9 3w
+19 London - best Deliveroo options? 10 3w
+19 VP Deal Origination Credit 2 2w
+19 EB RX Internship (UK) — Barely Getting Any Work. What Should I Do? 8 1w
+19 Secondaries advisory: moving from an LP-led focused role to GP-leds 6 13h
+19 Intern Activities to Leave Off? 3 3d
+19 Would you / have you payed someone for a role in IB? 9 1d
+18 Bay Street Mining Groups 36 1w
+18 1st Year Analyst in Investment Grade DCM - Advice needed 2 4w
+18 What happened to Greenhill 8 2w
+18 How to lateral to NYC 5 1w
+18 Lazard Return Offers 15 3h
+18 From MS/JPM to GS 6 7h
+17 Preparing for Summer 2028 Internship Recruiting 5 3w
+17 EB FT recruiting? 5 3w
+17 Structured Finance Exit Opportunities 8 3w
+17 Lateral after SA 7 2w
+17 EVR SA 2028??? 11 1w

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (47) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (74) $101
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