Morgan Stanley Employer Reviews

busy enironment working with few employees. Working in a business part of the city i was able to interact with many people. Co workers were great but the hardest thing about the job waqs the long shift sometimes working 12 hour shifts can take a toll on your body. the most enjopyable part of the job was dealing with different people which was great – more... for a people person like myself – less

As an equities intern I was able to work with a team of financial advisers. I was involved in all aspects of portfolio construction and client advising. The advisers at Morgan Stanley shared many valuable experiences and insights. I learned how to evaluate equities from both a fundamental and technical standpoint.

I loved working here due to the fact that I worked in a fast paced environment and had alot of responsibilities. Great pay and benefits!!

Hours are about 8-6. The mood in the office laid back. I have gained some valuable knowledge of the foreign exchange market, and the overall fixed income market. Management is easy to talk to and seem excited to get to know you. Management works closely with the employees.

not to far off from the movie Wall Street. If you are a big producer, you can just about commit murder before you would get fired. Always alot of tension between brokers and manager, each is trying to gain a better position over the other. Bad research is pretty common, very few new ideas come out of big wirehouses.

Big money potential, BUT more fail than succeed. Close to 90% failure in this business with little training provided. You have to love cold calling people and talking about their money.

Tough, but can be very rewarding if you make it.

The risk is not worth the reward here. Employees are extremely underpaid for the amount of daily workload and the risk of what goes along with it. Compensation also almost never happens. There were two years in a row where no one got a raise or a bonus. It takes years to get to a higher level if you begin as an analyst I. Which means you will be getting – more... paid very little for at least 4 years. – less

A typical day at work would consist of reading and answering emails, calendar and trips arrangements. I learned a lot and had the best computer training and management support at Morgan Stanley. Our co-workers supported each like a family. The hardest part of the job was the amount of daily emails. The most enjoyable part of the job at Morgan Stanley – more... was to learn from my bosses. – less

Good Healthy Work-Life balance
OK Managers
Great Co-workers

My mornings consist of reading the WSJ for about 30 mins so we can get familiar with the market and what is going on around the world. After we will discuss some events that might effect the marker. Then from 9:30 -11 we would do some business development strategies and reach out to new clients, analyze 401k, conduct mutual fund benchmarks using Morgan – more... Stanley platform, and review financial risk management of companies we are investing in and individual clients. Before lunch we would attend Mutual fund meetings to understand see if there products best fit our client and what we are offering. After lunch we sit on in a client phone meeting to understand what is needed from a client. We analyze the client and see how risk adverse he/she is in the market and what there future plans are. We base the information and form a 401k plan based on info provided. – less

A typical day at work starts of with reviewing metrics of the work done that day before and to set goals for the day of. The management team sends out assignments for the team assigning them certain type of work. Each person on the team is given a different task everyday which keeps work fun and creative. Co-workers get together to help each other on – more... their tasks and constantly brain storm to come up with new ways to finish a task. – less

The work is very repetitive and even though the motto is "quality of over quantity," there is an extreme pressure to process applications. Due to this I am able to pay high attention to detail. I enjoy working with my co-workers who have a lot of energy. However the culture of the office is alway under a constant stress. There is also a poor level of – more... comunication between manager and employees, which creates a dent in the work. – less

Firm is great with great employees. I was laid off because lack of work. I would work for this company again if became available.

I worked at Morgan Stanley for 15 years and learned alot in those years. I started on a sales desk assisting financial advisers sell mutual funds to their clients.

I am not sure where all of these positive reviews are coming from, but besides the great work-life balance, compensation is very low, management is stale at best, and the review system does not allow for any real advancement.
It is a good place to work for if you are using it to get to something better, get your licenses, or are in between jobs.

good job but low paying a typical day at work consisted of many different things

That you were learning something new everyday. Learning about stocks and bonds. Management and co-workers were easy to work with. Heavy mail days. Meeting new people everyday.

Strong corporate culture. Smart people with good management structure.

I was the assistant for the lead broker of Morgan Stanley St. Pete office. He had a case load of about 430 clients that I would talk to and manage schedule for him. I also gather leads and would present a monthly dinner at the Vinoy that I would organize and generate on average about 14 people to attend per month. This was in efforts to build up his – more... portfolio business. We closed a lot of new business while working for him. – less

Typical day would be to begin calling Morgan Stanley branches to confirm all equipment is functioning properly in the branch. Also open escalation tickets with the helpdesk for any issues discovered.

Prepare for weekend conversions which consist of gathering all branch data and equipment information. Provide this information for each branch to the – more... tech team along with floor plans of equipment location. – less