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3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(19,889 total reviews)
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80% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Morgan Stanley has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 19,889 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
Feb 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers are some of the closest people I still keep in touch with.

Cons

management structure is inadequate. Not a great place to start out in the Financial Advisor Training Program. Goals are extremely hard to meet. The firm expects you to be in your 3rd year of business in your 1st year.

4.0
Feb 1, 2016

Solid firm

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Collaborative culture where employees from different groups are eager to help one another. It is not an "eat what you kill" place but rather more team-oriented.

Cons

Management aims to run a process-oriented firm while the infrastructure is dated and technology lagging peers like Goldman. They are focusing on cutting expenses (i.e. compensation) but they don't have the infrastructure in place to not have to rely on attracting top talent.

3.0
Jan 19, 2016

Underpaid

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work with great people. Lots of really bright colleagues in the Baltimore and New York offices. Mobility after a certain period of you being a full time employee. Looks excellent on a resume for another job. Gives you tons of experience as most groups do a little bit of everything along with their full day to day job. If you are able to make the jump and advance on to NY(main office), it's a company to look at.

Cons

Underpaid. Something you'll hear most about working in operations but even more so at Morgan Stanley. They are constantly looking for ways to cut costs and one way is pay people less. Lots of turnover so there are always issues with keeping experience high and knowing the full range of what each group does.

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