Morgan Stanley - Culture at MS?

i believe that "meritocracy" is kind of their keyword.

i don't think any BB bank has a unique culture. maybe a specific group has a unique culture, but you cant generalize a firm with thousands of people.

they are all the same IMO. work hard play hard, teamplayers, blah.

Summer analyst interview now? Is it for Hong Kong? It's kinda early for NYC.

I interviewed for NYC summer position last year, pretty typical interview with a few "what's your fav class" questions.

Many interviews have already taken place, and many are coming up very next week. .

campus interviews? (im still on winter break)

or phone interviews?

plus the deadline for resume for my school isnt until mid-late Jan. Weird.

Geez, some people are really lazy. http://www.morganstanley.com/about/careers/recruiting/culture/profiles/…. If you actually take 10 min to look at the people's profiles, you'll find some good info.

They all eat sandwiches for every meal. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Everyone walks fast. They quote the movie Fast and the Furious Tokyo drift in almost every sentence. Also they like the band Weezer.

Hope that helps.

Seriously though, all BB cultures are similar. Work hard, do well and you succeed yada yada. You aren't going to find a firm that is all "one way".

MS culture:

No tie (unless formal).

Everyone hates Goldman. Everyone.

8am/9am - 7/8pm hours. Plus working from home. 70 hours/week is typical.

Politics out the ass. Insanely.

They all seem like clones. Cocky, arrogant fucks. Like Goldman, but no ties.

Tons of equity guys cause all the FI ones are gettin axed .... haha

MS - Culture? (Originally Posted: 02/01/2010)

Anyone care to compare the culture at Morgan Stanley versus Goldman Sachs? My understanding is that MS is less uptight more open to personalities, GS is more rigid and lots of rules.