Pros
Here are the pros: - Great benefits from Morgan Stanley, including generous PTO, wellness support through free therapy, amazing maternity and paternity leave (I believe 19-20 weeks), etc. - good brand to have on your resume - worked with some smart people and learned a lot from them. - good pay
Cons
Cons: - Micromanagement to a level I have never seen! Every second of your day is controlled, creating so much anxiety and stress. - extremely toxic environment, especially from management who don’t care about your well being. - High manager turnover- went through almost 5 managers in 5 months - terrible new hire training program - Required metrics changed every other day. For context, I was a Morgan Stanley employee for over 16 years…before they bought E*Trade. Morgan Stanley is not perfect by any means, but my career path has been mostly positive overall. Before going into the Platinum role, I was a financial advisor. Due to unforeseen changes on my team, I wanted to pivot into something more stable and focus more on relationship management. I was encouraged to consider the Platinum role. I saw red flags on my first day. This was the worst role in my career and I am so happy I’m no longer there.