MSCI reviews

This company actively promotes a culture of dis-trust and opaqueness. There is far too much red-tape to get your job done -- from travelling, to purchasing resources (even just a book), to hiring -- every decision, big or small, must go through governmental levels of bureaucracy (in fact it may take less to pass a bill in the US Congress than to travel in this company). The Senior Management is utterly clueless about what it means to be a software company. "Data, data, data" will get you only so far -- the rest must be made up in offerings and services. But, if MSCI isn't willing to invest heavily in writing that software it will fall to its competitors. As mentioned before, your office mates tend to be good people. However, most of the talent in this company has come through acquisition or junior new hires. So, your mates don't tend to stick around long -- after they've found out what this company is *really* like. The Senior Management tends to say one thing and do another.

heavy on the paperwork to get any training, travel or expenses approved- it needs to go up 3 or 4 levels of management! not a lot of space for people with a good idea to 'run with it'-- everything needs to be pre-approved and scrutinized, meaning the company isn't exactly nimble and can't support thought leadership