Morgan Stanley reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(19,827 total reviews)
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73% positive business outlook

Morgan Stanley has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 19,827 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
Jul 1, 2021

Go somewhere else

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Pros

If you don't have a soul and are ok with working in a call center then you get OT pay.

Cons

E*TRADE rushed to hire a bunch of people to make Morgan Stanley happy. Their big screw up is they are higher people with no qualifications and basically hire anyone with a pulse. The customers are noticing and the quality of work is taking a nose dive. E*TRADE is now shoving sales down every employees throat. I'd compare E*TRADE to Wells Fargo prior to their scandal. Who cares about actually have knowledge and knowing what you're doing when you can shove a referral in there. 9/10 employees have absolutely no idea what they're doing and don't care. Their horrible work is left to the employees who have actually worked their for an extended period of time. Every aspect of this business is run poorly. OPS, TOA, New Hires, Management. I could go on. If you wish to actually grow and feel educated and well versed in the brokerage industry, go elsewhere. Also, don't have your stock plan team manage stock plan accounts for companies who care about their employees. No RSU and when they had an ESPP their stale stock had a discount of 5 % which is pathetically bad. I hope I saved someone a waste of time in their life they can't get back.

2.0
Nov 15, 2019
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Pros

some really nice people and good cafeteria.

Cons

Not great for junior people. Working hours were exceptionally long (8-8 was more than normal, often longer) and compensation much lower than the median. Huge mismatch between the pay and the expectations. Lots of stress and high responsibility, micromanagement, mandatory weekend work all the time despite really low comp. No free food or even drinks like coffee or tea in the office, had to pay for everything.

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