Smart people, motivated, exciting field - Senior Registered Associate Morgan Stanley Employee Review

3.0
Sep 21, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

You work with smart, motivated people. You are involved with the heartbeat of Wall Street It is a very unique environment. Senior management tries very hard to communicate initiatives.

Cons

HUGE egos. If you are staff, you will almost never move into management. The company likes to pull from outside the firm, at least in the Atlanta area. There is not nearly enough training of operations people. You are thrown into the job. Plenty of people will help, but expect a sink or swim environment.

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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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