Once great, but cuts making it impossible to remain so - Anonymous employee Morgan Stanley Employee Review

4.0
Mar 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture. Many collaborative intelligent people.

Cons

Cuts have been brutal - we started doing more with less in 2008 and its been down hill ever since. No longer possible to deliver value with resources available. Also, New York is no longer a strategic location for IT. My team started shrinking in 2010. It used to be hard to backfill someone who leaves in NY - now it is impossible.

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