Hectic Culture of Fear - Senior Java Developer/NY Morgan Stanley Employee Review

2.0
Mar 2, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The badge -- you are at Morgan Stanley. If you like to be around younger people -- this is like high school, age-wise.

Cons

The management is addicted to docile Indian laborers. Management is dis-interested in your strengths or your career development. Their ideal employee is a robotic creature devoid of any interests, fast, doesn't have any new ideas, doesn't ask any questions. Management is not secure or very competent and actively competes with sub-ordinates. Management is addicted to their personal cult which comes easy with Indian laborers but is weird for the few Americans that are hired. You didn't go to college for this - steer clear.

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Cons

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