Integration is a disaster - Anonymous employee Morgan Stanley Employee Review

2.0
12 Jun 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

some of the employees are fair and well informed

Cons

the integration of MS and SB is creating an environment of fear among the employees; the two corporate cultures are opposites and the Smith Barney employees are treated as stepchildren. the technology is very unstable and the system support from MS is not knowledgable.

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Cons

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