Smart and Nice People, Need to care about Finance - Software Engineer Morgan Stanley Employee Review

4.0
23 Apr 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Top notch technical talent very fast paced lot's of freedom in how you get your work done work from home easily reasonably good hardware/infrastructure business has a general appreciation for IT pay

Cons

some bureaucracy hard to fit in if you don't have a real interest in finance you will spend a lot more time understanding business than technology at times bias towards in house libraries/frameworks, some good, some bad volatile industry

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Pros

Very good co-workers, Great technology stack. Lot of new technologies and integration with current work.

Cons

They dont even give you a MS cup. They ask you to buy it for 5$. So cheap! Management big on "Giving back", Immediate managers do not like it and are not supportive. Lay off employees twice a year to show profits. Only worried about shareholders and clients. Don't know the criteria for lay-off. So, you are always worried if it is your turn. They boast about mental health and wellness. No good, when they layoff employees like this. HR = Horrible Resources. When you are laid off, they shoo you away as if you are a fly. You feel miserable. They themselves say - "We are better than Facebook or Oracle. We dont fire you at 6 AM over email." Gosh! What a comparison!

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