Breakdown of the structure at the MSVA(Morgan Stanley Virtual Advisory Center) - Registered Client Service Associate Morgan Stanley Employee Review

2.0
26 Nov 2019
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Pros

-20+ days of PTO -A lot of flexibility with your schedule

Cons

- Managers here are hit or miss I’m saying that on the basis that most of us have had every single manager here due to disorganization and restructuring. Some managers really want to see you grow while others don’t mind letting you sit in your role until you burn out and leave. - A lot of disorganization and misinformation, a lot of having to lie to clients because the firm doesn’t want you to tell them why something is being done to their account. - I would go on but I rather give advice. If you’re considering working here as a licensed agent and you’re unlicensed, my advice would be to come in and study really hard every day because if you don’t pass your test you’re pretty much fired I’ve seen this done with over 20+ employees. So study really hard and get licensed and then once you’re licensed I would start looking for another place to work. If you are licensed I would avoid this place all together. Take my advice however you want.

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