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Found 14,215 of over 17K reviews
4.0
80% Recommend to a Friend
Morgan Stanley CEO James P. Gorman
90% Approve of CEO

Found 14,136 of over 17K reviews

4.0
80%
Recommend to a Friend
90%
Approve of CEO
Morgan Stanley CEO James P. Gorman
James P. Gorman
4,440 Ratings
Pros
  • "Work-life balance is good so far(in 786 reviews)

  • "Very professional environment and you will learn a lot(in 239 reviews)

  • Cons
  • "No work life balance as they promote(in 142 reviews)

  • "Working hours extends till late night(in 346 reviews)

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    1. 5.0
      Former Employee, less than 1 year

      Great experience

      23 Apr 2023 - Sales in Hong Kong
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great experience, salary and benefits

      Cons

      High workload and long working hours

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    2. 2.0
      Current Employee, more than 3 years

      Hire and Fire without any criteria

      29 May 2023 - Vice President in Hong Kong
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Overall MS culture is good

      Cons

      No job security due to frequent layoffs

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    4. 4.0
      Current Employee, more than 5 years

      Great company

      30 Apr 2023 - Quantitative Developer in Hong Kong
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great internal culture, competitive salary, based on management flexible work conditions

      Cons

      same as before, based on management non-flexible work conditions

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    5. 5.0
      Current Employee, more than 3 years

      Nice environment to work with , good teammates

      23 Mar 2023 - Associate in Hong Kong
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good teammates to work with In general competitive salary package Lots of interactions with different teams to learn more about the company projects

      Cons

      good teammates leaving the firm very soon so that knowledge might lost from time to time

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    6. 5.0
      Former Employee

      Good Company

      16 Apr 2023 - Project Management Office (PMO) 
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Morgan Stanley is a very good company to work in

      Cons

      It has long working hours

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    7. 4.0
      Current Employee, more than 3 years

      Na

      5 Apr 2023 - Executive Assistant in Kon Hang
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Colleagues are smart , helpful

      Cons

      Not easy to make work - life balance

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    8. 4.0
      Former Employee

      good culture and good wlb

      18 Mar 2023 - Software Developer in Hong Kong
      Recommend
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      Pros

      good culture and good wlb

      Cons

      only focus on a small area

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    9. 3.0
      Former Employee

      Nice people

      12 Mar 2023 - Associate in Hong Kong
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Friendly employees Great work life balance

      Cons

      Not as exciting since most systems and applications are firm wide i.e. minimal flexibility in transformations

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    10. 5.0
      Former Employee, more than 1 year

      Great bank, but long hours

      13 Mar 2023 - Investment Banking Analyst in Hong Kong
      Recommend
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      Pros

      best platform, smart people, high efficiency

      Cons

      bad working culture, aggressive, super long working hours

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    11. 4.0
      Former Employee

      Analyst

      9 Mar 2023 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Excellent working environment and colleagues were friendly and helpful

      Cons

      Long working hours and less benefits

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