Morgan Stanley Reviews

Pros

What a great place to work, for them to be able to keep such a high ration of Senior people that have seen it all, tells you a lot, doing the occasional interview with other companies makes you realize that further.You find yourself asking ( why should I jump through hoops to get a new job that might pay slightly better, but sucks on every other levels?) * Great culture that is truly applied in every aspect * Diversity * Innovation for promotion: Everyone is trying to build that next hot internal tool, that will see wide adoption.(like a mini market where startup compete) * Benefits that really matters and you actually use * Managers are upheld to high standards and no one is promoted until they are proven * Managers are fair, flexible, understanding, trust worthy. * High standards for interpersonal interaction (respect and friendliness) * Top shelf training * The list just going...too many to list

Cons

* Big company that is process heavy, you have to pick your battles but they are working to fix this and empower users. * Diversity can turn tribal as you often see teams that are 90% composed of one national origin, speaking their own language at work.(they work to fix it, but its very hard with people national origin are very hard to determine ) *Innovation for promotion: Everyone is trying to build that next hot internal tool, that will see wide adoption.(will not adopt a competing product or contribute to a competing product because you want your product to win), it is the price to pay to have highly dynamic tech space.

Pros

Professional, lots of smart people, good technology.

Cons

I would say you have a roughly 10% chance of being laid off every year. So, the longer you work there the more likely it is to happen and it can be for no reason at all other than pencil pushing in New York. I have known people to get promoted one year, then laid off the next. There is no thought as to the knowledge that person holds because they know they can get younger people on a much lower salary. You will notice very few people over 40-50 in Montreal and even MDs can get fired.

Pros

Good benefits some get remote work

Cons

Not secure, any time you can lose a job, some are lucky else tirelessly work, no communication than work-related talk