Positive but not for the long run - Anonymous employee Morgan Stanley Employee Review

4.0
Feb 20, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Your experience very much depends on which team you are in. I loved my team and I would not change my experience there. I worked hard but the senior management understood when I needed to take vacations and did not break my plans.

Cons

It's a big organization which means it's easy to get cornered into a position and not always easy to grow outside of it. Any change that is promised will not happen for at least a year. Like the government, it's full of red tape.

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