Reasonable salary; Difficult to grow or advance into more sophisticated roles - Senior Associate MSCI Employee Review

3.0
Jun 18, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Easy hours; Reasonable comp; Pleasant office / environment; Friendly people; Get exposure to many investment organizations using indices and analytics tools

Cons

Bureacracy; Difficult to advance into other roles; Top management insistent on cost cutting; Consolidation; Acquiring the competition; Outsourcing technical positions to cheaper countries; Top management not technical enough to appreciate how software is developed; And feels hiring 3 foreigners is better than 1 person in NYC

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5.0
Apr 6, 2026
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Pros

Great company, phenomenal culture, diverse, solid pay, very collaborative environment that promotes success.

Cons

None, I would recommend MSCI to anyone in the job market

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1) Very supportive environment 2) Smart people 3) Challenging problems

Cons

1) Slow promotions 2) Some legacy systems which can be painful to work with

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