Fitch Ratings Reviews

Pros

Overall, a great company to work for if your career is not a priority for you. - great work life balance. A solid 9-5 job if that’s what you want. (There is on-call FYI) - professional coworkers. Everyone is there to just clock in, collect that paycheck, and turn off the computer for dinner with the wife and kids. You won’t be working with big egos (there are exceptions). - 7% 401k match - chilled out atmosphere. Things are expected to get done, but deadlines are non existent except for critical projects.

Cons

- pay is substantially below market value. This is a place to coast and get ready for retirement, not to innovate. If you’re hungry and looking to advance your career, this is not the place for you. Don’t expect to get rich. - weak collaboration with other teams. Expect to play the game of pushing tickets/requests back to someone else so you don’t have to do the work, and likewise expect people to push back on you when you need something done - weak collaboration within your own team. Depends on which team you join, but I felt like I was working by myself for the most part - heavy politics. Whether or not this affects you will depend on your boss.

Pros

Good vacation. 401kmatch, and generally low pressure environment. Positive employee growth initiatives recent years. Nice NYC office (Hearst Tower) and unique parent (Hearst).

Cons

If you are a top performer, you will be squeezed for every drop to make up for mediocre colleagues and in effective managers... with very little reward. Raises are very low and there is no transparency on how they are allocated. If your lucky you get an "adjustment after years of low raises. News Flash - the company has had a policy of no annual raises to Senior Directors since the recession (in 2010!). They claim to make up for it in variable comp, however aftet a decade of this policy the math doesn't work. You will have those reporting to you pass you on base and sometimes all in comp. This is the case for newly promoted SD as well. The company talks out of both sides of thier mouth to justify low comp... good years or bad, they will have a reason. Work Life balance has faded esp for top contributors and esp post pandemic.

Pros

-People -Exposure to decision makers and C-level from other companies

Cons

-Career progression is slow -Salaries are below industry -Analytical work gets overshadowed by operational burden