Morgan Stanley Reviews

Pros

The only positives are the benefits.

Cons

Everything else at MS is terrible.

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

Prestige, great benefits, good salary, numerous professional development classes available, and some really terrific people.

Cons

Long hours, old technology, lack of funding to update technology, management that does not deliver results as promised, frequent layoffs, inequitable promotion process, some very poor HR representatives.

Pros

There are many pros:
Very smart colleagues, open doors, many forums to share knowledge, good people, good work/ life balance, good benefits,

Cons

I personally felt there was a lack of intellectual satisfaction for me. Not much challenges to take and be proud of. Did not feel I was learning enough on the job

Advice to Senior Management

There should be smother way of people to explore other options within the firm. Switcing teams is sometimes a tough job and not all EDs appreciate the significance. Some even deny outright

Pros

intelligent co workers
exposure to senior management

Cons

hours - no work life balance
personalities of some individuals
need to manage up

Advice to Senior Management

utilizing the tdp review from directs on their managers as a guide and professional development tool. Some managers did not know how to manage people

Pros

Very good team, pleasant to go to work every day.
Significant assets - thus the company can commit to large-scale projects.

Cons

I have to go through Times Sq. every day.
Company is big, so it cannot be as structurally nimble as a startup.

Pros

MS is one of The best place to build your career in fiance industy. MS has a great training program.

Cons

You need to work hard everyday and somtimes workloads will get you. The culture of firm is very conservative.

Pros

Great training, great group of people to work with, very smart individuals that push you everyday.
perfect place to start your career.

Cons

not open to you expressing interest in other groups. Not too open with junior recommendations. Open door policy not like other firms

Pros

A lot of people working in the company are very hard working, care about what they do and company.

Cons

There is a lot of uncertainty about long term prospects of investment banking and it affects employees. Compensation starts trending below industry average. Some good people, with very valuable experience, left the firm in the last few years.

Pros

Great people, everyone means business, great place for an internship, and quality culture.

Cons

Dealing with corporate people or corpies, can be frustrating and taxes are high in big cities.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't listen to the Federal Reserve because Ben Bernanke has the worst track record. Also, don't underestimate inflation and the insolvency of the United States.

Pros

Integrity, full of passion. You can make friends with stuff worked in this company and others who worked in other branched locations

Cons

Hard to get improved for the local Chinese people like us. At least I think so. And it may be hard to change ur profession.

Advice to Senior Management

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