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3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(19,877 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 19,877 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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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20K reviews
2.0
Sep 12, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

They provide extra days off over and above vacation time (i.e. your birthday off, three extra days in the summer)

Cons

There is a very large emphasis and pressure on becoming a leader in your team. You will be constantly pushed into participating in leadership extracurricular activities even if this does not suit your personality. All careers paths in the company lead to a role which requires leadership responsibilities even if you are a developer. The company seems to be trying to mold all employees into the same type of person (extraverted, outgoing, and leadership material). They are forcing employees to come into the office 3 days a week. They cannot provide a good justification for this decision and have actually stated that they have seen that employees work very effectively and more efficiently from home. From my personal observations a large portion of the employees at Morgan Stanley at Work are unhappy with the orders to come into the office. Management has been struggling to get people to follow the orders (they are not seeing enough people come in each week). This makes me as an employee feel like Morgan Stanley does not care about what the majority of it's employees want. There is no concept of a Software Development Lead who runs the Agile ceremonies. Instead there are Software Development Managers. All Software Developers have to run the Agile ceremonies themselves. Note: This is only a con if you are not a fan of public speaking. Compared to other companies I have worked for and what I have heard from other Software Developers about their companies Morgan Stanley at Work requires a lot of presentations and demos from it's employees.

3.0
Sep 2, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get your licensing (series 7,63,66). You get a lot of experience building financial plans and making portfolio recommendations. Do not have to build your own book. Promotion is based on performance not on time in job. Salary is competitive. You start as a "Foundations" Advisor, pay is around $65k with bonus around $10k. Then move to Level 1 with pay at $70k and bonus at $15k. Level 2 is $80k with $25k bonus potential. Bonus is based on team performance, so highest performer receives 100% of bonus amount, second highest 95%, etc. Good pay but bonus structure could be improved.

Cons

It's a call center environment at the end of the day. You will deal with a lot of service related issues. Training is OK not great.

1.0
Jul 8, 2022

All for nothing

Recommend
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Pros

As the industry got past its peak a long time ago, I don't find any pros for working for a big investment bank

Cons

Sub-par comp, mediocre managers and colleagues, favoritism, expensive health insurance premiums with limited coverage etc. The list goes on and on. Worst of all, there is no prospect for a better future, neither professionally nor personally.

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