Morgan Stanley: Great pay, spotty training - Anonymous employee Morgan Stanley Employee Review

2.0
Dec 24, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pay was better than most wall street firms, not even counting bonus. They really do make an effort to train their tech staff in new skills. Easy to telecommute. Managers are there in the trenches with you.

Cons

Always on call. You will be called to handle problems when you are on vacation and in training classes. Corporate culture discourages genuine friendliness between rank-and-file and management. Claims to encourage "due diligence" but the person who reports a problem gets saddled with the responsibility of fixing it.

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