Morgan Stanley reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(19,894 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 19,894 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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4.0
Apr 25, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a leading company in the Financial industry. pays people well. As a previous trainee, the training program is great, though we are not going to New York and Tokyo.

Cons

Work Life Balance will not be so great. Hongkong counterpart and collegues get so much more pay than our Shanghai department, although Shanghai guys also work hard. Well, there are some lateral hires in Shanghai are not working so hard, always coming late, but I think it's kinda culture in China's IT company. And the air conditioning in the Bund Center is not so good making people want to sleep

4.0
Oct 27, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of upside Fast career track Senior exposure Lots of experience in a short time

Cons

Work life balance is non-existent in Asia

2.0
Aug 25, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A low benchmark by peers means it's relatively easy to do well. Pay very well for median performance and even better for great performance. Some charismatic leaders. Leading user of technology. Global standardised accounting protocals are a tribute to the great work by Trevor Harris and Vaughn Harvey.

Cons

Highly political, although that's the norm for the industry. Global approach means a lot of boring travel. Research has been emasculated in recent years. Hedge fund clients now run the strategy for the securities division. Poor IBD deal flow makes it harder to get corporate access.

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