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3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(19,863 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 19,863 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
Dec 10, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Staff is incredibly technical and compensation is above average. Good position for junior people and TAs who like in-the-weeds technical work and coding.

Cons

Middle and senior management are mostly long-tenured techies with no 21st century IT management skills. No strategy, vision, or leadership. Major technologies are old (10+), proprietary, over-engineered and geeky amateurish. Out-of-box thinking is discouraged and viewed as a "threat". Professional hires with more real-world experience should avoid Morgan - they'll be frustrated by the lack of management sophistication and the absence of leadership and direction.

5.0
Nov 13, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Open concept office Work-from-home flexibility Management who listens to concerns when you bring them up Competitive salary 100% RRSP contribution matching Beer fridays Nerf gun culture Great training program for new hires I have been with Solium / Shareworks for over 3 years now and I have been able to grow my confidence and my career. I am given opportunity to build and direct the product in a way that makes most sense to me as well as the business. I am encouraged to work on improving my technical skills during work hours. It's not always go go go, which is nice. If I had concerns about anything such as compensation, or having a healthy work-life balance, I was able to bring it up in 1-on-1s with my manager, and be listened to. Management is also very transparent and open about the path forward to help any motivated individual grow their career. Shareworks is a great place to work!

Cons

No more long-term incentive program (annual grants) to help the employees feel rewarded when the company does well. Health benefits have an across-the-board $1000 limit now No more sabbatical program Dev teams always have large backlogs because of how many features are desired, and not enough teams to build it all.

3.0
Sep 5, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have learned a lot about this industry and how to conduct myself in a professional manner, which has given me the confidence to do my job and now begin looking for the next step in my career.

Cons

There is a glaring issue with direct management. Lots of laziness, promises not kept, and looking out for themselves. You are asked to enforce standards yet the managers never hold themselves to the same level of expectations. And somehow upper management never catches wind of this behavior, or turns a blind eye to their ineffective management team. This ends up causing the subordinates to feel unappreciated and overworked. People in my group who have been promoted to VP or PM have literally no clue how to use certain softwares yet are in their roles??? Tenure instead of knowledge - that’s why. I have experienced gaslighting and condescending remarks from direct managers in my role and have mentioned this on EOY reviews, yet nothing changes. Constant reorganization of our group, which disrupts lots of effective processes, to be replaced with archaic ways of doing things. Often work in silos with little to no interaction with the broader group. No “budget” to travel to different offices to have face to face time, yet will send other managers to conventions and other external events. I have been promised professional development budget for over a year with nothing to show for it.

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