The Wirehouse Conundrum - Financial Advisor Morgan Stanley Employee Review

3.0
Apr 10, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

* It's rewarding to work with and help clients. * You can literally build your own business within a business. * There is a lot to learn to enhance your own peronal wealth building. * You meet some pretty interesting people with dynamic and varied backgrounds.

Cons

* Success in this business is very difficult. * The ability to build a business to a level of high compensation takes a lot of time and perserverance.. * The interests of the firm, the client, the shareholder, and the employee are rarely aligned.

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Cons

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