Morgan Stanley Employer Reviews

A typical day at work starts of with reviewing metrics of the work done that day before and to set goals for the day of. The management team sends out assignments for the team assigning them certain type of work. Each person on the team is given a different task everyday which keeps work fun and creative. Co-workers get together to help each other on – more... their tasks and constantly brain storm to come up with new ways to finish a task. – less

The work is very repetitive and even though the motto is "quality of over quantity," there is an extreme pressure to process applications. Due to this I am able to pay high attention to detail. I enjoy working with my co-workers who have a lot of energy. However the culture of the office is alway under a constant stress. There is also a poor level of – more... comunication between manager and employees, which creates a dent in the work. – less

Firm is great with great employees. I was laid off because lack of work. I would work for this company again if became available.

I worked at Morgan Stanley for 15 years and learned alot in those years. I started on a sales desk assisting financial advisers sell mutual funds to their clients.

I am not sure where all of these positive reviews are coming from, but besides the great work-life balance, compensation is very low, management is stale at best, and the review system does not allow for any real advancement.
It is a good place to work for if you are using it to get to something better, get your licenses, or are in between jobs.

good job but low paying a typical day at work consisted of many different things

That you were learning something new everyday. Learning about stocks and bonds. Management and co-workers were easy to work with. Heavy mail days. Meeting new people everyday.

Strong corporate culture. Smart people with good management structure.

I was the assistant for the lead broker of Morgan Stanley St. Pete office. He had a case load of about 430 clients that I would talk to and manage schedule for him. I also gather leads and would present a monthly dinner at the Vinoy that I would organize and generate on average about 14 people to attend per month. This was in efforts to build up his – more... portfolio business. We closed a lot of new business while working for him. – less

I started at the FID (Fixed income) settlements department in Glasgow as an analyst of the euroclear market bond related products. A year later I had the opportunity to move on and complete a transition of cash management trade support from London to Glasgow. My daily tasks include cash trade support and liquidity control, speaking everyday to traders – more... and monitoring settlement while providing operational support to many business areas such as treasury, fx, funding etc. Keeping good contact with agent banks, clearing banks and client money teams. The job requires good computer skills and the usage of various systems. – less

Typical day would be to begin calling Morgan Stanley branches to confirm all equipment is functioning properly in the branch. Also open escalation tickets with the helpdesk for any issues discovered.

Prepare for weekend conversions which consist of gathering all branch data and equipment information. Provide this information for each branch to the – more... tech team along with floor plans of equipment location. – less

At some point, compensation will need to be increased for staff. Currently, the practice is to only increase on promotions (and even that is waning), or as a counter offer for an employee who has a new opportunity. Recently more and more frequently, these counters have been refused even when the counter was greater. This is in part due to the lack of – more... bonuses and the recognition that "if money is available now, why wasn't it during year end comp discussions?" It leaves a horrible feeling throughout the firm and no work/life balance or education opportunities are going to make up the fact that a good portion of the workforce is underpaid by industry standards. Some of the best advisors and financial professionals work for this firm, it should be an honor to be employed. However, until talent is compensated at a top notch rate, we will always be considered lesser to our competitors. – less

Usually finished on time, although high work load, and consistently busy.

Fantastic is one word that I could describe working with the people there. I leraned so much and was given the opportunity to move up

great place to work. management is very supportive and is always there to help you with any question you may have. the environment breeds a natural bond among co-workers

Great co-workers, work/life balance depends on your role at the firm.

· Research, devise and implement investment ideas across a broad range of markets and asset classes with a
main focus on segregated equities and fixed income both in DM and EM
· Decide and implement strategic and tactical asset allocation using both a bottom up and a top down approach
· Manage the quantitative modelling and risk analysis of different – more... portfolios
· Responsible for portfolio construction, risk metrics analysis and allocation monitoring
· Create, present and communicate investment recommendations and portfolio proposals to prospective and
existing clients – less

Great work environment, nice people, nice students.

Work mornings and evenings good security on campus

customer service, cashier, accept funds to input into the clients accounts, type and sign checks from the clients accounts, verify all necessary information to make sure the funds are available. wire transfers, IRA distributions and deposits, management was helpful, I had a lot of responsibilities, bonded,

Spearheaded highly critical projects, e.g.

- LDAP Infrastructure Renovation Project resulting in 35% efficiency and higher stability.
­ Large Scale Data Center Migration and Platform upgrade

- Applications, Scripts and Tools Kerberization for audit items

- Non Production Environment setup for the Practice Area