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Good WLB for a junior, not so much for a senior, it seems

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Morgan Stanley for 2 years
November 24, 2023
Montreal, Quebec
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

WLB was good for me as a junior. I was able to clock out at exactly 5 and sometimes a bit earlier, and no one ever said anything about it.

Cons

Support rotas where I received precisely zero training on how to do anything. Every issue was something brand new and essentially impossible to solve on my own without deep knowledge of systems I had never even heard of prior to the incident.

Although my WLB was good as a junior, essentially all the more senior people seemed to be online until ~9pm. I was able to reach people in the UK at around 7-8pm their local time.

Local people (including the NY office) were all reachable after hours and answered emails in the late evening.

Advice to Management

A better onboarding process, at least for people on support. It's a little ridiculous to expect a junior in their first job to be able to fix urgent issues in production in systems they have never seen or heard of before.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
4.0

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