Overall, good place to work. Limited opportunities for growth but good work/life balance. - Anonymous employee Morgan Stanley Employee Review

4.0
12 Dec 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Overall, salary is around market. Benefits are good but have been cut back in the last few years. Work/life balance is really good.

Cons

Limited opportunities for promotion or mobilitiy. The company revolves around ibanking, so a bad year in ibanking will hurt other departments comp despite the individual groups performance. Offices outside of NY are treated as secondary and often take a the brunt of cutbacks.

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