MSCI reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,023 total reviews)
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Henry A. Fernandez

88% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

MSCI has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,023 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MSCI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Nov 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-People in the Boston office are great -Very flexible hours -Pay is good for what you're actually doing

Cons

-Penny pinching everywhere, including the backing of growth initiatives -Targets are a sham because they are given to you so late into the year (usually April/May) -Bureaucracy everywhere. Even in front-office roles, client activity will get held up due to back office shenanigans. -Company does not have your best interest in mind. Period. Only thing that matters is the operating margin. -Can't trust upper management to get things done on your behalf -Bonus comp is paid well after year end (Feb) so you can't jump ship easily when the rest of the industry is searching in Dec/Jan -Want you to get a designation (CFA, FMP, etc), yet only back one attempt per test. Rest of industry knows how hard these tests are and backs multiple attempts usually. -There is no company culture, and morale about the company is low because management reats lower level so poorly (communication not being consistent/clear, cheap) and because of asinine internal processes

2.0
Nov 9, 2018

Client Coverage

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Intelligent, driven, colleagues -Decent pay with good work life balance

Cons

-Lack of CapEx for necessary enhancements leading to antiquated technology -Lack of cohesion between two worlds (index & analytics) -Misalignment of strategic goals. MSCI is too driven on quarterly earnings. -Epitome of political corporation - Nonexistent HR

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MSCI Response
7y
We value the opinions of our people and are always open to their perspectives. If you truly want to engage, are open to a constructive conversation and have not “given up” then please contact Scott, the CHRO, directly. These meetings are always confidential and there will be no hard feelings or negative ramifications even if we don’t make any progress. These statements are so broad, general,and subjective a response is not practical.
1.0
Nov 7, 2018

IT Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary, bonus, salary, bonus, salary

Cons

Toxic, backstabbing, autocratic environment Zero tolerance to questions, debates Endless working day - no work life balance Politics rules over performance Spy/counterspy network- somebody watches or conspires continuously

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MSCI Response
7y
Thank you very much for your feedback, we take your comments very seriously. Office politics in their simplest form are about the differences between people at work. As at any other company or organization we have these differences. We see differences in opinions and perspectives as constructive and they make us great and unique. We recommend you privately reach out to Anita and provide examples of the described behavior so we can help and better support you. The kinds of things you are describing are unacceptable and should be not happening.
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