Morgan Stanley reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(19,892 total reviews)
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Morgan Stanley has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 19,892 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
Jan 19, 2016

Underpaid

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Pros

Work with great people. Lots of really bright colleagues in the Baltimore and New York offices. Mobility after a certain period of you being a full time employee. Looks excellent on a resume for another job. Gives you tons of experience as most groups do a little bit of everything along with their full day to day job. If you are able to make the jump and advance on to NY(main office), it's a company to look at.

Cons

Underpaid. Something you'll hear most about working in operations but even more so at Morgan Stanley. They are constantly looking for ways to cut costs and one way is pay people less. Lots of turnover so there are always issues with keeping experience high and knowing the full range of what each group does.

1.0
Jan 4, 2016
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Pros

Excellent opportunities for those who enjoy the status quo and love hierarchy. If you enjoy delegating to outsourcing companies this is the right place for you!

Cons

1) IT management that knows little about IT 2) Technical expertise is rarely recognized or rewarded. 3) Anemic pay raises and bonuses 4) Cronyism and nepotism 5) MS technology that places layers on top of develop that are difficult to understand. 6) QA teams run by clueless management, many of whom never wrote a test case in their loves. Only the bottom layer of the pyramid actually does any real work.

1.0
Dec 26, 2015

Hit and miss

Anonymous employee
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Pros

hmm, not sure if there's anything good to say about working at Morgan Stanley

Cons

Ugly offices, Palaeolithic management, very slow decisions

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