Great locally, retarded on the corporate level. - Anonymous employee Morgan Stanley Employee Review

3.0
Sep 13, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

My co-workers are smart, hard working very caring people, for the most part. Health benefits are good, the office is in a gorgeous location and I really like the management in my branch.

Cons

The integration of Morgan Stanley culture with Smith Barney culture is excruciating. The corporate office clearly has no respect or trust in their Branch managers. So much autonomy has been removed that it is difficult to do business.

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Pros

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Cons

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