MSCI reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,017 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 2,017 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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2.0
Apr 2, 2014
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Pros

Pay is OK but only at the higher title levels. Domain and analytical work itself can be highly interesting and challenging, if not for the corporate bureaucracy and infighting that impedes progress. Decent benefits such as medical, vision, 401k, etc.

Cons

Blame game, Machiavellian politics between groups and individuals. Corporate culture is almost the opposite of teamwork; rather, people try to CYA all the time. There is a negative view permeating the company of “failure” be it actual or perceived. People are therefore understandably afraid to try new things, do green-field research and proof-of-concept projects, etc because of the risk of failure, which is inherent in these sorts of endeavors. Zero focus or value placed on career development; people essentially get stuck in their role with no opportunity or catering toward improving their skills or moving to higher levels on their career path. Non-technical managers hired to oversee technical functions leads to poor decisions, political battles, disenfranchised and frustrated staff. Focus on cost-cutting and maintaining margin means innovation does not thrive, since the focus is always on feature development that is promised to bring in new customers. Lots of jobs transferred offshore, which makes software engineering efforts difficult to complete and very inefficient.

4.0
Mar 28, 2014

Good company to work for, can vary a lot by location.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Interesting people and industry, good products, strong ethics. Compensation is ok, but not industry leading.

Cons

Long working hours, very global so a lot of meetings at odd hours, not a lot of mobility across job functions, strong push to move jobs to cheaper locations.

3.0
Mar 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Solid research teams across Barra and Index

Cons

~ email driven culture driving inefficiencies ~ incompetent middle management ~ Dont be fooled, Sales is order taking from management and heavy policing (particularly index sales) across the market forcing licensing ~ Artificial culture where everyone is looking for company-wide exposure and a false sense of 'excitement' exists ~ MSCI needs to recognize that they are just a data vendor - no more ~ Unfortunate Investment banking culture which should not be present ~Promotion is based on politics and how many emails you have sent to gain exposure to senior management, be prepared

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