Morgan Stanley reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(19,893 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 19,893 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 27, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Good Training Programs - Flexible work schedule - Ability to work from home - Good Pay

Cons

"You will loose your skills, dignity and job over a period of time" Career prospects in IT are bad. Morgan Stanley is an outsourcing factory. They hire people in India, transfer knowledge to them then lay you off. Most people in IT feel they are the next lamb of slaughter. This is how it works. They will introduce you to a few consultants, then they will ask questions about application and you will help them set up.. They will then be assigned new tasks and you will help them cross train. Slowly they will do the work and you will be on sidelined. After 6-12 months when management feels consultants know most of the application, you will be marked for layoff. Consultants then will be hired as full time employees at Morgan Stanley in India. My colleagues who have been with firm for 15-20 years are now training their replacements. It is a terrifying situation for technology professionals. If you are an IT professional, go somewhere else.

1.0
May 25, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

-Good Brand name (still carries some weight in finance) -Impressive titles handed out (low level managers are given VP titles) -Respectable name may help in resume

Cons

-Back office roles (operations/IT) are treated like dirt and take crap from everyone.. BEWARE -Constant cost cutting everywhere: Your managers are constantly trying to find new ways to replace you with cheaper resource -Training for non-revenue generating role is non-existent ($2000/yr cap for training expense!!?) -Hardly no bonus (if your not front office, don't expect anything) -Non-existent meritocracy.. -Total lack of ambition or motivation from everyone you work with, low morale -Cheap.. Cheap... Every department is beyond cheap... never seen anything like it...

2.0
Jan 9, 2012
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Pros

MSSB has tremendous products, except lending. Good platforms . Lots of info on the computer systems.

Cons

No one cares to help on anything. The coaching program is not good. Really worthless training by a bunch of arrogant New Yorkers. Old time managers do not yet know that most people are on a "do not call list" or always look at caller ID before they take a cold call. No understanding of how to use social media. ABSOLUTELY NO MARKETING. They tell you that you are on a two year program and will make $100K if you work hard. That is hooey Rules are: Pass the Series 7 in two months or you are FIRED !! END OF STORY. Pass the Series 66 in two more months or you are FIRED. Don't argue with anyone in NJ for your PS1 --- or you are fired. Do not make your numbers after three months -- OR YOU ARE FIRED. However, I have seen people told to change timesheets so they are not paid overtime, I have seen back dated transactions to save a "favored" FA from being fired. I have seen and experience age related commentary. They people manage by fear and nothing more. If you have a question -- The answer IS --- It is on the website OR call tech connect. No one in the office other than the CSA's cares to help anyone. MSSB says they promote a team concept -- That must be for Martians, it certainly does not apply in Kansas. My guess is the failure rate in the FAA program is 95% --- that to me means the program itself is a failure. I have met many people hired at MSSB, and they are good people --- however they are not supported and are doomed by an antiquated system --- WELL THAT IS HOW THE INDUSTRY IS --- sure that is how it is, it protects the top dogs by making sure newbies fail. Who gets the accounts when the new ones fail ??????? When someone leaves or retires --- the account do not go to anyone with less than three years experience ---- Well I hate to tell you but three years at MSSB is a lifetime and no one gets accounts. They also use a trailing 12 system so that you are always losing sales off your account base that you did more than 12 months ago. Stupid, but of course they do not tell you that when they hire you. IF you do not ask a question, they certainly do not tell you anything. No transparency.

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