Morgan Stanley Reviews

Pros

Super company very smart people

Cons

Nothin negative to say about

Pros

Morgan Stanley will boost your resume and you will get a lot of practical skills/knowledge. You will get a lot of exposure to the market trading atmosphere and will be able to navigate through a variety of systems that Morgan Stanley uses, some of which are used in a variety of firms. The greatest value will come from networking within the firm, many employees will leave for different areas/firms and your connections will grow giving you opportunities in the future.

Cons

Don't expect to rise in the ranks at any one firm. The best strategy is to leave the firm after 12-18months for any other firm willing to pay you more for the same or equal work. Morgan Stanley does not promote frequently and even if they do, they don't necessarily pay you what you deserve for additional work. Changing jobs/firms is the only way to secure a 15-20% raise/promotion. You can always come back to Morgan Stanley and often times they will then offer you adequate pay and i've seen many employees/ex-employees do this.

Pros

Comprehensive benefits, flexibility (with the the right manager)

Cons

Heavy workload, little support from management and senior leaders. Old school mentality with respect to working in the office. Not much understanding for those who want to do their jobs and go home. Pressure to "be involved in activities both at work and outside of work." If you don't participate, you're not in the clique and could be passed over for opportunities.

Pros

Middle management (VP and below) are a collaborative and supportive group.

Cons

Senior leaders here are bosses, not managers. Available tech is that of an early 2010's era.

Pros

James Gorman is an ethical and extremely competent CEO. Generally intelligent colleagues, although this is less true than it used to be. If you land in the right team or area, you'll be working on cool tech. Great benefits. Truly working to rectify under-representation of women and PoC in senior positions. DEI initiatives are sincere and effective. Excellent work-life balance.

Cons

Poorly implemented forced-ranking and culling has made the work environment increasingly office-political from once being fantastically collaborative. This has a negative impact, but senior technology management seems ideologically aligned with dog-eat-dog (because senior tech management has also exempted itself from it) and so seems blind to the downside it has created. Increasingly bogged down by an "Agile transformation" and regimentation that in fact is simply layer upon layer of new bureaucratic process and changed labels for everything. It's so far from what agility actually means that it's a bad joke. Promotions are less about merit and more about what team you happen to land in. I worry about what will happen when James Gorman leaves. Next layer of management is not nearly so inspiring.

Pros

Opportunity to learn different technologies

Cons

Limited management visibility and long working hours

Pros

Good culture, good work-life balance

Cons

Pay feels a little less competitive, some politics in getting promoted, some in office aspects make the company feel cheap in how it invests in its employees

Pros

- Lots of avenues to learn and improve on - Pays well - Team culture is generally good and non-toxic

Cons

- Can be slow to adapt to change - Can be a lot of politics at the higher levels

Pros

great place to learn, take on responsibility, outlast other young people

Cons

bureaucratic in the way you have to wait to be promoted with rest of class

Pros

Salary. It is not bad but definitely not great. Big financial name on your CV. Looks good.

Cons

- Favouritism based on random criteria like race or native language spoken. You'll be appreciated by people like you that's it. - Managers with little emotional intelligence and zero people skills. They cannot manage a team. They are just there because they've been at the company since forever and will retire there. - Company is sending NA back-office jobs to India or Hungary to save cost but they will they you it's because they find better talent. - No company culture, no relationships whatsoever with your coworkers. - No training, no career building programs, no mentora for new employees - Bosses are impressed by those writing many many emails during off-work hours. - Over time I realized that the quality of the work being done there is terrible. - At some point things will break for real ...