Risk Management - Associarte Morgan Stanley Employee Review

1.0
23 Nov 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The name, brand, and saying you working at Morgan Stanley make people notice it on the resume. Other than that there is no advantage as far as pay or career advancement is involved. Management is involved with a lot of nepotism.

Cons

The environment is a sweatshop where you work over 12 hours per day with little to no reward. You can work on weekends no effect. There are small groups within MS that are spectacular but, again, you need a connection to get in. The majority of the firm is run as fiefdoms where there is a lack of foresight to a singular goal. The bad part is there is a ton of cronyism and nepotism involved where if you don't belong to a certain stereotype that is prevalent in a group, then you don't advance.

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Pros

Culture is great Hours are not bad, rarely work on weekends and track the market open and close Networking opportunities

Cons

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3.0
30 May 2026
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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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