Morgan Stanley reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(19,905 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 19,905 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 22, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-good pay -big company (if this is a pros)

Cons

-Low level management has no capability to manage people -Very bad communications -No respect at work -Senior level management (director and above) has no vision, knows nothing about what team is doing. -very bad processes -long working hours

3.0
Aug 17, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Given their strong reputation/brand image this acts as a good foundation or stepping stone for anyone who's interested in getting experience.

Cons

It is another large bulge bracket firm which means there's significant internal politics. Working hours are also quite long so be prepared!

4.0
Aug 5, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The IT infrastructure is give out of the box, you as a software engineer can focus on doing your job without needing to download, install and hack everything yourself. You can always ask your colleagues if you're stuck with something. There are many smart people with various backgrounds whose opinion you can ask for.

Cons

Time pressure sometimes eliminates the time to create sophisticated solutions, but this is general with banks - the time to market is key. The time pressure sometimes also becomes visible on project planning - project plans are not updated in a timely manner, meaning confusion with deadlines and available workforce.

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