Henry and Harold walk down the block. - Financial Advisor Trainee Morgan Stanley Employee Review

5.0
Mar 16, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Company, High Prestige, Great Compensation if sucessful. Benefits are great, flexible schedule and high degree of freedom. Senior advisors are able to mentor junior advisors to help them be sucessful. Great technology platforms, and you can do your work in whatever way you see fit. Large amount of autonomy can lead to sucessful practices.

Cons

Long hours, highly competitive, sometimes everyone is too busy to seek help. Large degree of autonomy can also lead you to large degree of failure. Goals are hard to reach. Large amount of trainees fail to complete the training program for one reason or another. Second chances are given only in extreme circumstances.

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Pros

Culture is great Hours are not bad, rarely work on weekends and track the market open and close Networking opportunities

Cons

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3.0
May 30, 2026
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Pros

Very good co-workers, Great technology stack. Lot of new technologies and integration with current work.

Cons

They dont even give you a MS cup. They ask you to buy it for 5$. So cheap! Management big on "Giving back", Immediate managers do not like it and are not supportive. Lay off employees twice a year to show profits. Only worried about shareholders and clients. Don't know the criteria for lay-off. So, you are always worried if it is your turn. They boast about mental health and wellness. No good, when they layoff employees like this. HR = Horrible Resources. When you are laid off, they shoo you away as if you are a fly. You feel miserable. They themselves say - "We are better than Facebook or Oracle. We dont fire you at 6 AM over email." Gosh! What a comparison!

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