Fund Services Analyst Review

by Morgan Stanley

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Rating

4.6/5
  • The Role
    4.4
  • The Company
    4.6
  • The Culture
    4.9

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Extreamly interesting, amazing to see the vast amounts of money that move around the system

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • From day one I was treated with as much respect as anyone else in the team and given as important a tasks as others

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Great support, all questions answered fully. No issues with asking any questions regardless of their simplicity or complexity

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Workload skewed towards the morning, to have everying in place before the NYSE opened. Afternoons more varied with ad hoc tasks.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Given full responbilty for a key clients daily processes, only given a quick sense check before it was sent to the client.

    5/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • All skills developed in some way, practical accountancy in addition to others such as soft skills and excel skills also improved drastically.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Professional but approachable. The ideal balance.

    5/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Lots of seperate training days and office wide intern programmes that helped foster a good culture between the other office interns.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • If I started the job full time tomorrow, I would feel the full 13 weeks ahead of others, invested in my devlopment as if I was a full time peremanet staff member

    5/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Subsidised Canteen

    Subsidised/Company Gym
    5/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • About to continue with the firm and department full time, with opportunities galore.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Felt like a big family, I have surely made a few friends for life.

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Glasgow is not an exspensive place to live. I could live well and still have excess funds from my wage.

    5/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Glasgow always a great night out.

    5/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Always nights out being arranged, being invited for quiet drink etc.

    5/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Accounting

Scotland

August 2011

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