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Growing Pains - Associate Morgan Stanley Employee Review

2.0
Oct 10, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great place to start in finance. Tight-knit community. Huge amount of potential is there with the assets and tech resources.

Cons

There is a ton of potential given the assets, but the joint venture is taking its toll on some of the better rising stars. Hence a high attrition rate as of late. Many of the best traders and salesman who were with the firm for 3-7 years have departed in the last 12 months. Additionally, with the main operations in Westchester, building up unit cohesion is very difficult. 5:30pm hits and everyone is on their way.

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Cons

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Cons

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