Morgan Stanley Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Morgan Stanley as an intern for less than a year

Pros – A great experience for graduate in mathematics, statistics and engineering.

Cons – No free time to do research like google

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Morgan Stanley as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Overall view of bank
Ability to organise meetings outside of schedule
Employees very willing to help
Trading floor experience

Cons – If you know what you want, maybe a division specific program would be better

Advice to Senior Management – Division specific programs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Morgan Stanley

Pros – Very smart people, generally low politics. Easy to execute projects.

Cons – Despite some improvement in recent years, an insider culture still exists with MS employees who joined as graduates and rising all the way to MD denying chances for outsiders to get rewards and promotions at the same speed.

Current Employee – been working at Morgan Stanley full-time for more than a year

Pros – very smart people
dynamic environment
willingness to change
open to new ideas
lots of opportunities to work on exciting stuff

Cons – average salary and low bonuses

Advice to Senior Management – you need to be more competitive (salary+bonus)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Morgan Stanley full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good use of technology, wide scope of roles. Ability to find you niche and ability to move between roles.

Cons – Sometime political decisions overshadow technical decisions. Highly regulated industry which affects technology in a big way.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Morgan Stanley full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good interaction with colleagues
Good pay
Good working hours

Cons – Not delegated much responsibility at the start

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Morgan Stanley full-time for more than a year

Pros – Work Life Balance, Exposure, colleagues

Cons – Salary is not great, lots of politics to deal with

Current Employee – been working at Morgan Stanley full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good colleagues, strong team support / relaxed and decent working environment

Cons – limited employee social activities / poor pay

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Morgan Stanley full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – It will largely depend on the group you belong, but there's a culture of tolerance and genuine camaraderie. It's a great place to work in, people are intelligent and hardworking.

Cons – It's unbelievably busy. High pressure and stressful at times.

(IT) Higher management needs to be more transparent and approachable.

Advice to Senior Management – The promotion process is not visible & should be improved to be fair. Most people don't get through because "someone in the committee doesn't know them".

Poor/no compensation, poor/no salary hike is draining the Firm of precious talents. You will not find those in cheaper offshore vendors.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Morgan Stanley full-time for more than a year

Pros – good salary, great people have a good time and would definately recommend to anyone

Cons – bad culture, money minded its a really good place

Advice to Senior Management – go on your own merits!