Great Company to get licenses; however, cannot trust advisors. - Financial Advisor Associate Morgan Stanley Employee Review

2.0
9 Oct 2014
Recommend
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Pros

They have a great training program for Financial Advisor Associates to obtain their licenses. Once you pass your series 7, 66 licenses they fly you to N.Y. for a one week intensive training program. I found this to be a great learning experience.

Cons

Both managers and senior advisors cannot be trusted. This program is designed for FAA's to fail. Management brags of a less than 5% success rate in the program unless you are a relative of a senior advisor. Nepotism is highly regarded in most offices, and their is "NO" incentive given to your success. Basically, the senior advisors use you for new revenue , and management encourages this behavior.

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Cons

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