Traditional Investment Banking culture with exposure to many different areas of investing - Anonymous employee Morgan Stanley Employee Review

4.0
24 Mar 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Exposure to myriad aspects of investing, good training, supportive culture, good work/life balance. Town Hall meetings allowed employees to feel updated, and the MS Today home page helped to "shrink" the size of the organization and make it feel more local.

Cons

Challenges typical to very large organizations -- efficiency can suffer b/c of many layers. Comp not always competitive relative to smaller firms focused on just one area of investing (PE, hedge funds, asset management).

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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