Is MSCI a good company to work for?

MSCI has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,491 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 82% of employees would recommend working at MSCI to a friend and 77% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about MSCI have been left by employees working as Analyst , Intern and Senior Associate .

Does MSCI pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MSCI employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MSCI. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MSCI?

82% of MSCI employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MSCI 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MSCI?

Associate (282) , Senior Associate (273) , Analyst (196) , Vice President (154) , Intern (65) , Executive Director (51) , Software Engineer (27) , Real Estate Analyst (24) , Data Analyst (21) , Financial Analyst (21) , Internship (15) , Sales (15) , Software Developer (14) , Data Scientist (12) , Financial Data Analyst (12)

What are the pros of working at MSCI according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and 4 weeks of payed timed off" ((in 201 reviews)); "Growth oriented and good culture" ((in 161 reviews)); "Great People and Products." ((in 154 reviews)); "Good benefits; Decent work" ((in 133 reviews)); "Salary is good (even though yearly increase could be more as inflation is much more)" ((in 106 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MSCI according to real employee reviews?

"Too many managers with just opinion on people and majority do not have even top" ((in 46 reviews)); "Some senior management will come and get all his staffs from outside and just side line all existing staff" ((in 30 reviews)); "very long working hours, Less salary" ((in 23 reviews)); "Low growth prospects for Senior leadership, resulting in voluntary/ involuntary attrition" ((in 19 reviews)); "Middle and Upper Management keeps on changing" ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about MSCI layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MSCI layoffs and their outlook for job security at MSCI in 2026.

What are the top reviewed MSCI locations?

Monterrey , San Pedro Garza Garcia , Ciudad de México , San Pedro

MSCI reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,017 total reviews)

Henry A. Fernandez

88% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Jun 27, 2021

Do not expect diversity in the Budapest Office

Senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working hours Good work-life balance No Blame Culture and smart colleagues

Cons

Salary is too low compared to what you can find elsewhere Not an international environment as there are very few expats in the office who typically don't stay for long. Hungarian speaking cliques is one of the reasons. HR doesn't seem to care about this problem among others to be honest. I agree with another review claiming that HR is unprofessional.

MSCI Response

4y

Thank you for your feedback, we always value commentary on Glassdoor. At MSCI we aim to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion – we are sad to hear that your experience has fallen short of that. We will take your comments into consideration to keep improving.

2.0

Dec 30, 2020

Company is good but the culture within the team is not.

Database administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lot of learning opportunities. Very busy environment which means you will always have something to work on.

Cons

Oracle team's environment is toxic. Despite the amount of work we have, they still find time for gossiping. Team is extremely under sized, but just for the sake of maintaining their dependency senior folks in the team are not willing to add more members to the team even when the management is ready to do so. Senior folks work for more than 12hrs a day and even on weekends and yet not ready to add more members to team. There is no knowledge sharing between team members. If you join as a new member, expect to learn each and everything by yourself. Senior members will just be waiting for you to commit one mistake just so that they can show they are better than anyone else in the team.

1.0

Oct 24, 2020

Would recommend joining for 1-2 years max

Senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They offer good starting salary, but no growth from there on.

Cons

Growth does not depend on performance, but only way to step up the ladder is politics, which is systemized by EDs. Hence not a firm where you can think of staying committed for long term. They are stuck in catch-22, politics is there because no innovation is happening (age old regression modelling), innovation is not happening because it is not rewarded (as much as sucking up to EDs)

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Do not expect diversity in the Budapest Office

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