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Average place to work - Senior Associate Morgan Stanley Employee Review

3.0
May 13, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good colleagues, close knit team work from office hybrid 3/2 days can be a con for you. Breakfast, lunch dinner provided in office at very subsidised rate. Lenient policy on leaves.

Cons

Old tech, mostly it requires you to be skilled in their business and daily activities rather than tech, people invest more time in knowing business how it impacts the firm and team rather than in tech, tech wise if you know one language it is enough rest you can learn on the go all your superiors will be doing the same often implementing solutions to problems from scratch rather than using existing software due to budget and confidentiality constraints (might give you chance to learn this stuff from scratch instead of just using some tailor made solution). Offices space is pretty bland and boring, there are workstations on each desk, no provision of laptop, work hours stretch late in evening till 9 o clock since workday starts around 1 in the afternoon, this kills the entire day, the only thing after office is sleeping. Layoffs will be there for extremely low performers. Management is manipulative, they will keep you happy if they want to somehow. Flattery and bootlicking abounds the workplace and is the norm since you don’t have to be technically smart, you have to be business smart, and that comes with rubbing yourself around seniors. Avoid if thats something you can’t do.

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5.0
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great company with great ceo

Cons

Large corporation where you can feel left out

3.0
May 30, 2026
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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