No Automation, large empire building.. - Vice President - Technology Morgan Stanley Employee Review

1.0
May 6, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good hard working employees that put their trust in their performance.

Cons

Extensive hires to meet Exec. Dir.'s agenda of having large team of reports enabling their advancement. This is followed by reduction in staff, thus presenting to Sr. Leadership cost savings to further support personal advancement agendas. No automation in mind because it would defeat building a large team. Too many unnecessary manual processes.

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Cons

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