+2,366 UBS Analysts talking about unionizing given working conditions and potential dinner cuts 160 1mo
+2,207 I did it. I quit a UBS IB group. 216 1mo
+1,932 How did UBS Double MD Count yet Lose Marketshare? 165 1w
+937 What is the Future of UBS IB? 87 1mo
+930 Brief Recent History of UBS / What went wrong? 79 1mo
+653 UBS Bonus 125 1mo
+628 2025 IB Year-End Bonus Megathread 675 4w
+520 Ex - Goldman Sachs Banker Speaks Out 106 6mo
+515 Canadians with US IB / PE Offers Revoked - TN Visas 216 4mo
+509 Article: UBS bankers are wondering whether their Barclays bosses are worth it 61 8mo
+502 Stop being a bootlicker and leave this rotten industry - IB isn’t worth it for junior employees 102 3w
+465 Top 10 Reasons Prospects Should Avoid UBS Investment Bank 83 3mo
+423 Analyst Emailed Me (college student) A Deck By Mistake, What Should I Do? 30 3mo
+420 Wells Fargo IB vs UBS 82 3mo
+418 Biggest Nepo Hire ever? Dad UBS IB head, Mom Head at KKR, Lands GS 117 1mo
+403 [2026] Unbiased Prestige Rankings 115 3mo
+385 6-7 Brain Rot in IB Internship, Am I cooked? 41 10mo
+376 To the Young Millenial and Old Gen Z White Men, please read this 126 2mo
+371 Is recruiting rigged against non DEI semi targets ? (Objective view) 102 11mo
+370 Goldman ends DEI 85 1mo
+357 To the Non-Northeastern Elitists.... 35 5mo
+349 JPM Lev Fin ED accused of turning married male broker into her office sex slave 90 1w
+346 Evercore Intern Seizure 55 1m
+345 2026 Perks & Benefits Megathread (Dinner, Uber, Travel, Gym, etc.): Which Banks Actually Take Care of Their Juniors? 179 2h
+328 UBS Tech MD hires Son (from no-name college) as an Intern 57 1d
+320 A Dramatized Look into Continuation Vehicles 76 6mo
+310 Everything I Wish I knew About Sophomore IB Recruiting (Q&A) 67 1mo
+305 Finance Bros- the most fragile house pets on Earth 51 9mo
+304 Vandy MSF 26 1mo
+303 UBS Review of Groups in the US 81 6mo
+299 UBS IB Cancels round of layoffs because too many people are quitting 53 1mo
+294 Restructuring is Paradise 30 5mo
+293 UBS Mass Layoffs of ~20% of Bank to Hit targets 62 3mo
+293 MD told me to only screen Northeast men? 84 9mo
+292 SA at UBS vs Magicians Assistant 20 3mo
+289 Centerview Partners to face trial over junior banker’s long hours 85 3mo
+285 UBS Built One of Wall Street’s Largest Tech Banking Teams. Deal Flow Has Yet to Catch Up. 104 1mo
+281 UBS Advisory Shrunk 12% Over 5 years, Despite CS Acquisition 42 1mo
+281 Christians in IB how do you do it? 69 8mo
+278 +80% of summer interns at BB from Oxford are DEI 66 1mo
+275 Reality of UBS Tech 155 3mo
+272 UBS removes Fridays WFH work from home flexibility 65 2mo
+268 Recruitment is a joke. 47 9mo
+267 Vanderbilt Offer Revocation Situation 88 3w
+267 Two Weeks Before Bonus - Unsure how to Move Forward 112 9mo
+263 meal stipend numbers? 72 2mo
+262 Real Face of DEI - JPM Sex Scandal 167 1w
+262 Kids These Days Need to Chill Out 61 7mo
+262 Have a former Lehman MD? See their pay / rating in 06-07 when they were juniors 82 10mo
+260 Why Lina Khan Might Actually Be the Best Thing That Happens to Young Bankers 64 6mo
+260 UBS Investment Bank now 23rd in US 47 7mo
+257 IB Return Rates for Diverse Candidates — What’s Going On? 59 5mo
+254 Williams/Amherst glaze and lies need to stop. 88 9h
+253 UBS vs. Chattanooga TN-based Boutique? 23 1mo
+251 A Reminder: We’re Lucky to Be Here 40 11mo
+249 Cracked non-target schools this year 123 1mo
+235 UBS to Merge M&A, Sponsor Advisory in Investment Banking Revamp 59 11mo
+233 UBS GROUP PLACEMENT RESULTS 82 4d
+231 White women don’t deserve DEI Benefits 85 3mo
+230 Why Do Banks Not Sponsor H1-Bs? 76 3mo
+230 What’s the deal with these European interns? 82 3mo
+229 Where does Stern really lie? 104 1mo
+228 Future of the Industry 38 9mo
+227 Honestly, What are you going to do when AI kills this career forever? 74 2mo
+227 [Early 2026] The Definitive and Data-Driven Healthcare IB Group Rankings (Biopharma + Broader HC) 49 3d
+227 How do UBS employees here feel about daily WSO posts about UBS 29 1mo
+223 GO TO HELL LONDON 35 1mo
+221 Article: US UBS plunges in league Tables, fraction of its former size 44 8mo
+219 The brutal SA 2027 cycle & trends for future 53 3mo
+218 Bloomberg: RBC Denies Claims of ‘Boys Club’ Culture, Bias Against Women 97 5mo
+214 Too many bots in banking? 57 3mo
+214 How I stopped doomscrolling 52 8mo
+214 Moelis Intern 5 Hour Surprise Modeling Test 51 10mo
+213 Leveraged Finance - A Primer / Field Guide for Students (LevFin-Lab Blog) 38 1mo
+209 UBS Acquires Credit Suisse (Lego documentary) 22 1mo
+209 Official Investment Club Tier List — GLOBAL EDITION 56 6mo
+208 Del 56 11mo
+207 Rumor: UBS to Phase out Meal Stipend in Q4 20206 50 1mo
+203 Lemkau family nepotism on full display 48 6mo
+201 UBS GB Americas: Falls to 17th YTD (Q3-25), behind Scotiabank, BMO, Mizhuno 52 3mo
+199 UBS uses H1B for new Family Office MD, Pays $500k 57 3mo
+199 Summer 2025 Carnage: Guggenheim Edition 102 8mo
+197 UBS (Bouse of BBs) or Cain Brothers/Leerink, MM Boutiques? 49 1mo
+196 Catfishing Bankers on Hinge - New Networking Strategy?! 25 11mo
+194 Navigating IB ft. DEI Beckies 53 4mo
+190 Just Got Brutally Frame Mogged By A Sophomore Interviewing 17 3mo
+190 2026 Bulge Bracket Tier List 54 1mo
+187 2026 Q1 Americas M&A League Table Standings 51 2mo
+186 Feeling lost after not receiving return offer 83 1mo
+184 Why Are Exit Ops Such a Priority? What Happened to Grinding It Out to MD? 69 6mo
+184 What happned to all the diversity programs 39 7mo
+181 More UBS Departures to Santander, Wells 32 7mo
+180 Incoming analyst at UBS - am I cooked? 21 7mo
+179 Distressed / Special Situations IB Is Paradise 15 5mo
+178 Unspoken rules for summer interns? 48 6d
+178 Turned down biotech EB offer. Now I work at Chipotle and live in my car 28 6mo
+176 Why is sentiment on UBS here so negative? Are there really no positives? 49 2mo
+175 GOLDMAN SACHS MEGA THREAD 2027 SA 625 2mo
+174 UBS Earnings: UBS IB Americas Collapsing 47 1mo
+172 Don’t want to be here anymore 45 1mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (66) $101
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