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"Work-life balance is taken seriously" (in 396 reviews)
"Relatively relaxed work environment" (in 342 reviews)
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"Its difficult to have work life balance" (in 367 reviews)
"Most of the time you need to work long hours" (in 425 reviews)
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"Finance Associate"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Morgan Stanley full-time
Pros
Good work environment
Good pay scaleCons
No work life balance
Stingy bonusesMorgan Stanley 2018-02-28 11:48 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Disappointing"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Morgan Stanley full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Just the benefits, little better than the general market
Cons
This company has a very arrogant and cruel HR department. They only care about protecting the company. Every real issue that is brought to them is dismissed and with a revenge. If you are thinking about raising a complain, don't bother. They will just make your life miserable.
Advice to Management
Wake up, you are losing in good people and in reputation.
Morgan Stanley 2018-09-05 15:58 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Intern"
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Great Company. Lots to learn
Cons
All disadvantages of a big company
Morgan Stanley 2018-06-01 10:16 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Don't stay too long"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Morgan Stanley full-time (More than 3 years)
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Perks, free coffe,... needed to type at least 5 words in this field.
Cons
Custom systems with no market value. Stay long time and it would be difficult to work elsewhere.
Security constrains are killing creativity.
Layoffs are targeting older employees now. Don't count on retiring in this company.
Salary used to be competitive but not anymore.
Lies are tolerated from managers, which are constantly plotting how to take advantage / advance their careers by using you as a tool.Advice to Management
Stop being so arrogant, there are better companies out there.
Morgan Stanley 2018-06-17 17:00 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Technology Associate"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Morgan Stanley full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Training program for new university grads
Fairly good work-life balance (depending on team)Cons
Experience is very dependent on what team you join: ranges from working with latest and greatest technologies to doing support on weekends
Advice to Management
Do not put HR consultants in charge of negotiating with full time employees
Morgan Stanley 2018-05-05 16:57 PDTHelpful (1)
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"low salary"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Morgan Stanley part-time
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I did not like working there, very sexist culture.
Cons
low salary , long hours, no benfits
Morgan Stanley 2018-05-12 17:49 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Good Benefits but there's no estabilty"
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I have been working at Morgan Stanley full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great Benefits, almost latest Technology trends but it depends on the project
Cons
The estability and good evironment is not garantee
Morgan Stanley 2018-05-02 12:07 PDT![Morgan Stanley Logo]()
"Assocaite"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at Morgan Stanley full-time
Pros
Good company with very good benefits
Cons
None that i can think of.
Morgan Stanley 2018-03-22 09:08 PDT![Morgan Stanley Logo]()
"QA Environment analyst"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Morgan Stanley full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
It’s very good atmosphere to work. People are very cooperative and helping. Even the managers are very understanding when you need any help they are always there to explain .
Cons
For now I did not found anything as of cons it’s really nice experience till now. I hope it would remain same in future.
Advice to Management
No
Morgan Stanley 2018-03-20 20:34 PDTHelpful (7)
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"Technology Associate - Software Development (~1 year)"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Morgan Stanley full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Well paid, very good insurance, retirement plan contributions.
Felt welcomed from day 1, people are very friendly and nice to hang out with after work when there is an event.
The culture and politics (like diversity, workplace harassment, equality) was very well defined and I felt like it was actually enforced.
Offices in Montreal have standing desks.Cons
Terrible banking style, lots of management, doesn't move fast, tedious unnecessary meetings, hard to focus because people are always talking or there are constant interruption.
Some things were good technology wise, but most of it was very old and update meant copy pasting code.
The work was just not fun, spending a lot of time in 15+ years old systems. Saw some truly horrendous code. Wouldn't recommend for people out of school because you will not learn anything valuable. Your skills will degenerate quickly as you will not really "code" per say because most of the tasks are artificial.
I would say the job is closer to a business analyst than a technologist.Morgan Stanley 2018-03-21 14:28 PDT
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