MSCI reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,016 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 2,016 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 Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Sep 20, 2010

Growth by Cost Cutting

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Pros

Global office presence. Strong brand in Indices and Risk. In general nice people, talented people will not stay for long.

Cons

Expenses are scrutinized heavily and make it a barrier for being productive. Middle management is ineffective, too many meetings, too much posturing, less real effective work done.

2.0
Sep 16, 2010

Sinking Ship

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Generally, your office mates are good people. - It's a job... In today's job market, that's saying something. - Unfortunately, there isn't much else positive to say about the company.

Cons

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.

2.0
Sep 4, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

4 weeks paid vacation flexibility to telecommute when needed good work/life balance work can be challenging opportunity to work with smart people

Cons

poor morale and high turnover heavy cost cutting lack of direction and vision from management no career path and training not compensated or rewarded for accomplishments no accountability

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