Morgan Stanley reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(19,828 total reviews)
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80% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Morgan Stanley has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 19,828 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Morgan Stanley employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Nov 19, 2017
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Pros

There are two good things about working her, It looks good on a resume and the the day you leave.

Cons

Terrible compensation packages, the way the firm treats employees is what makes people hate corporate America. The CEO James Gorman gives himself raises and bonus' numerous times a year, millions upon millions of dollars, but they lay off tons of people making low salaries and expect people to do the job of two people. They rob from the advisors putting a portion of their revenue in a differed comp plan. They use that money to buy Morgan Stanley stock moving up the price of the stock which makes Gorman stock options more valuable. They treat support staff like the own them, no bonus, years go by without raises, then when they give you one it's less than 1 percent of your salary. I repeatedly got high ratings on my performance reviews and the big raise would be less than one percent, some people got nothing. This is the worst firm on Wall Street. The culture is negative and counter productive. They couldn't give a hoot about their employees.

2.0
Oct 8, 2017

An Absolute Joke

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Pros

Vacation time- 4 weeks total including a mandatory 2 week vacation Overall company culture is great including the emphasis on volunteer work Great CEO

Cons

It's an absolute shame that employees that help your firm make money is paid severely below market value. In addition, upper management seems to look down upon the Baltimore office ( a very A team/B team mentality at play). Upper management does not seem to care about employees' career paths- they'll ask you because they're supposed to but mine have never acted upon the things I mentioned in those meetings. If you are interested in coming here- do your best in your given role, learn as much as you can, and leave for another company that will pay you correctly and support you as an employee.

2.0
Sep 21, 2017

FAA program

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Pros

There name. It's a big name to an extent more people are familiar with Merrill lynch in anchorage. The branch manager in anchorage is very helpful.

Cons

Very little guidance or resources coupled with super High hurdles with limited time and constant pressure you will be fired. Race and gender issues.

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