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      Can't ride on its name forever - Investment Management Morgan Stanley Employee Review

      2.0
      Jan 31, 2017
      Investment management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Morgan Stanley is a great company and has many dedicated, hard working and highly professional staff.

      Cons

      There has been a chronic lack of investment in systems and processes. I work at MSIM and the amount of manual number crunching is frightening. Lots of not-very-well-thought out outsourcing which is so obviously down to penny pinching. I find immediate management are passive when dealing with more senior management and quite aggressive when dealing with direct reports and those lower down the food chain and quite eager to stab anyone perceived as a threat in the back. Pay is also not great and long hours are needed to get through the workload as teams are under-resourced.

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      5.0
      Jun 11, 2026
      Prime brokerage associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Culture is great Hours are not bad, rarely work on weekends and track the market open and close Networking opportunities

      Cons

      Unclear responsibilities Reliant on operations teams

      3.0
      May 30, 2026
      Lead software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very good co-workers, Great technology stack. Lot of new technologies and integration with current work.

      Cons

      They dont even give you a MS cup. They ask you to buy it for 5$. So cheap! Management big on "Giving back", Immediate managers do not like it and are not supportive. Lay off employees twice a year to show profits. Only worried about shareholders and clients. Don't know the criteria for lay-off. So, you are always worried if it is your turn. They boast about mental health and wellness. No good, when they layoff employees like this. HR = Horrible Resources. When you are laid off, they shoo you away as if you are a fly. You feel miserable. They themselves say - "We are better than Facebook or Oracle. We dont fire you at 6 AM over email." Gosh! What a comparison!

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