Morgan Stanley reviews

- Shareworks as a company is not mature in its processes which means integrating into the Morgan Stanley (MS) ecosystem is way more difficult than it should be - Similarly, Shareworks technology has poor governance which means integrating with MS is painful - MS is a regulated company and comes with some heavy restrictions on employees - Shareworks executives talk about working well with MS but routinely block work that MS asks for, i.e. they're fighting the integration at the exec level and not letting line workers pick up the difficult work of integrating - Mid-level executives either can't make a decision and stick with it, or are actively hiding details of their strategy - As a result of all this, Shareworks is being hit really hard by the "Great Resignation." Teams are literally less than half of what they were a year ago. - Opportunity is reserved for self-marketers. MS is really tight about moves and promotions, i.e. they have quotas. So, it doesn't matter how hard you work and position yourself. If they've met their quota, then you wait another year.

Verbal abuse and bullying. Unless you kiss butt and are part of the “good boys club”, your hard work won’t matter and you will be treated poorly. The financial planning training is non-existent but you are expected to give advice to clients. You are on your own with no help from managers. I was always surprised that there were any clients left. They are nickel and dimed like crazy. Do yourself a favor and do not apply.