They messed it up on 15th January! - Senior Manager Morgan Stanley Employee Review

1.0
21 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Money. If you can strong arm them into giving you lots of it.

Cons

1. They came to Bangalore, set up a fancy office and then went on and recouped the expenses by giving ridiculously low hikes and bonuses on comp day. Some frivolous metric ROE was thrown around as excuse. This has hurt people who did not negotiate hard while joining and are thus in the danger of having under-par salaries as the experience year mount. Attrition is through the roof for the very same reason. Still, they don't seem to be understanding the root cause. 2. Very complex systems. No documentation. Prod support kind of work. 3. In order to get anywhere in this company, you need to put your dancing shoes on and get "visibility". Does not matter how well you do at actually writing code. 4. Poor work life balance. 5. Expectations are extremely high.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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