Morgan Stanley

Good money, a great place to be if you are very career-minded. Lots of very intelligent and hard-working people that you can learn from. Not too much corporate bullcrap. For a company of 50,000 strong, it's remarkably nimble.

Work-life balance is hopeless. This is no different to any other US investment bank, however. If you are a geek that just wants to play with computers, this job will not be for you, as MS expects business-focused people in all support jobs.

And never forget that those that make the money rule the roost. Most of these complaints can be applied to other investment banks, however.

More collaboration between business units would help, and don't just pay lip service to this. It needs to be driven hard from top-down to remove the walls that have grown between different units.