Morgan Stanley reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(19,886 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 19,886 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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3.0
Oct 15, 2017

Huge industry name

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Pros

Excellent company name, competitive pay, great coworker and easy location for commuting.

Cons

One thing that disturbs me about this firm which is the lack of diversity in the front office. I have worked front office at other major investment banks and you can literally count the number on one hand in the NYC office. It certainly is not an issue of not having qualified candidates because I have been part of many interviews with perspective employees. Morgan Stanley has a very extensive hiring process in which you will meet with a minimum of 10 people. I was actually shocked when certain people would be hired over others based on minor facts around how certain questions were answered vs the candidates proven track record of excellence.

5.0
Jul 31, 2017

FA Associate Program

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Pros

Great benefits, great staff, many advisors are genuinely looking to help.

Cons

individualistic culture. One is not given any leads. One has to develop all business organically from nothing. So join only if you have natural network of at least 30mil for you to succeed after 3 years.

3.0
Jun 27, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good name in the Street, good equity research. It's still a prestigious firm to get your licenses, spend a year there and get out!

Cons

They keep changing the managers! My coach didn't believe in the program, in the lending firm capabilities, in the new rules in the industry....I don't know why they kept him as a coach!! Also, cold call is such a waste of time!! We're not in 1985 anymore!! You will compete with hated robo-callers, nasty sellers...(who likes to receive a pushy cold call??!!)

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