MS Menlo Park Culture?
Anyone have experience with this group at Morgan Stanley? I know they work a ton of hours because they have great deal flow, but is the culture good / collegial or are the people assholes?
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lots of hardos
Talked to one guy there but he was really nice. Heard it’s generally a bunch of hardos tho
Can someone please define what “hardo” means?
Absolute sweatshop. No associate I know has lasted more than 1-2 years there. Culture is very bros who aren't really bros.
Very sweaty
Complete sweatshop and hardo culture, but you get to work on cool IPOs
Great group and good culture - tough hours and difficult to last but the people are generally quite nice and easy to get along with from my experiences. As you probably already know, a top tech group after Qatalyst and GS TMT
Heard this as well. A close friend of mine lateraled there and yes, its a sweaty place but you are working almost exclusively on stuff that actually matters. Very little chasing longshot deals and much more focused on executing active mandates. Juniors have better ownership of work compared to other places and I was told that there is more interaction between senior bankers and junior bankers than a lot of other groups, so a bit less hierarchal than many places.
Lol MS Menlo is def better than GS TMT SF
bunch of simps
Super hardos. Lots of phi beta kappa from Wharton and uchicago in particular
Wharton doesnt have phi beta kappa
they have poop pee fart
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