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      3.9

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (19,888 total reviews)
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      80% approve of CEO

      73% positive business outlook

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      Morgan Stanley has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 19,888 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
      3.0
      Mar 22, 2016

      Generally nice people to work with but compensation and career progress let's them down.

      Senior manager - it
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      Pros

      Friendly people, most teams have an open door policy, very multicultural teams and respect for diversity. Work life balance is good. Flexible work arrangements are generally the norm. Onsite gym is ok value for money and convenient.

      Cons

      Long term staff retention is poor. Overall structure of pay and compensation is poor compared to other firms. Use "titles" to promote rather than fair compensation for the right level. Too many levels which are not really useful such as manager vs senior manager. Promotion to VP/officer level near impossible in some departments, takes too long and little or no increase in salary when & if it happens. Short term view on cost cutting means they don't invest in people long term and the result is high turnover, and bad morale.

      2.0
      Mar 16, 2016

      Ignorant Management and Unsecurity

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good payers, good culture and comprehensive trainings.

      Cons

      Careless attitude of Senior Management towards the grassroot employees They lay off people without even notice or enquiring about the person, just by word of mouth from seniors. Total politics, performance of a person is not at all considered. No work life balance. I see this organisation not long lasting Layoffs is a common thing here

      2.0
      Feb 21, 2016

      My perspective

      Vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Promotions are almost guaranteed if you stick long enough. Get in, work for one year, speak with you manager to get on 'track'. one year to get on track and not get promotion and then next year its your 'turn'

      Cons

      Runs like a sweatshop, Face time is more important than actual work, no regard for data quality or intent to fix it long term. Adjustments (scratch data to suit needs) is all over the firm. Every Q4 is bad and when its good, other issues are introduced to not give enough bonus. Raises in base are below market. Senseless job cuts of senior people and then working multiple years to re teach the skills.

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