Morgan Stanley reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(19,923 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 19,923 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
Aug 9, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is a big name Financial Advisor with many offices in New York City and around the country. They will sponsor your financial license and encourage you to get them.

Cons

There are no merit based promotions or advancement opportunities. There are no raises, ever This is an "Old Boys Club"

3.0
Aug 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you can get your foot in the door and can live on a very modest salary for a year, you'll have benefits and a chance to study and take your securities and insurance license exams.

Cons

If you don't pass your series 6 and 7 the first time you are immediately terminated. Commissions and trails on mutual fund sales are only around 1%. Morgan Stanley gives you about 30% of that 1%. So if you have a million dollars in assets under management you'll earn $3,000. Pretty tough. Life insurance sales are around 4%. This information is from 2008, so compensation might a bit different

3.0
Aug 6, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Brand name of Morgan Stanley is good - and they have some talented people to work with.

Cons

Poor Pay and unfair promotions

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