MSCI Reviews
Updated Jun 22, 2019
Found 703 reviews
"Work Life Balance in most of the Teams" (in 121 reviews)
"Challenging work, dynamic work environment, talented people, rather flat hierarchy" (in 57 reviews)
"Senior Management is not interested in knowing the ground level staff concerns and lot of stagnancy in terms of growth" (in 37 reviews)
"Vicious cost cutting despite stellar performance from business unit" (in 25 reviews)
- Featured ReviewHelpful (2)
"Great place to be in"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at MSCI full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Great benefits. Flexible and open management. Good work environment. Exciting work. Opportunity for growth. Innovation culture.
Cons
Frequent changes in strategy. Compensation needs to be watched out for. Outdated technology and office space in some locations. No perks at all.
Advice to Management
Make a better effort to retain talent.
MSCI2019-04-03 "Good company, great people"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at MSCI full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
People are very approachable, humble, and helpful. Starting to use new technologies. Medium sized company. Good work gets noticed. Have events, fun days for networking.
Cons
Must gets their devops practices in order
MSCI2019-05-24"Great work environment and life balance in the office"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at MSCI full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Excellent work environment and facility Great perks according to the type of Industry
Cons
Salary progression bit slow against the market Promotions system very relaxed. Too many promotions no meaning Some jobs are not 100% loaded
Advice to Management
Keep working on the environment and improve some specific programs around promotions and work load.
MSCI2019-06-11- Helpful (3)
"Not committed to employees; Periodic layoffs of long term employees; off shoring"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at MSCI full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Susbcription based business with 90% renewal rate Global Institutional, enterprise clients
Cons
No long term commitment to employees Periodic layoffs to improve earnings (despite positive profits and stock being up) Maintaining cash cows until they die No growth innovation or risk taking Aged tech stack Managers are on cruise control Not a learning / experimental culture
Advice to Management
Learn from your mistakes (own up to them first)
MSCI2019-05-26 "Review"
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I have been working at MSCI full-time for more than a year
Pros
Work Life Balance is great
Cons
Pay is not very high, though benefit is good
MSCI2019-03-16"Decent work life balance - too much bureaucracy"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI have been working at MSCI full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Good work life balance. Decent compensation.
Cons
Limited opportunities for career growth.
MSCI2019-03-14- Helpful (6)
"The highs are nice but the lows are pretty bad"
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Disapproves of CEOI worked at MSCI full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
The company is making a significant effort to promote innovation. You are encouraged to put your energy and ideas to work. Teams are globally distributed, so although you may need to take meetings at all hours of the day or night, there is understanding if you need to carve out time for your life during what more traditional corporations might consider the work day. The people here are very talented and hard-working.
Cons
Staff are culled on a regular basis. It should always be kept in mind that MSCI's loyalty is to the bottom line, not to the employee. If your current perceived value to the company is less than your current compensation, you will be at risk of termination, regardless of your tenure or your breadth/depth of knowledge.
Advice to Management
If you want employees to be loyal to the company, you need the employees to feel like the company has their back. I don't think this is currently a common sentiment.
MSCI2019-03-13 - Helpful (2)
"Typical corporate mentality, however they are very relaxed"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at MSCI full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great Work/Life Balance Always got a raise Offices are encouraged to enjoy free time Co-workers
Cons
Cost cutting Losing experience for cheaper wages in other countries Inflexible IT that controls how products are managed Bending to corporate shareholders Too many cooks in the kitchen Always passing the blame
Advice to Management
Listen to the people doing the actual work and make those changes, not what the IT dept thinks should be done. Value what you have and not what costs less.
MSCI2019-03-18 "Good experience"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at MSCI full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good working environment and flexible working hours.
Cons
Not as competitive in salaries
MSCI2019-02-21- Helpful (3)
"Go Patriots!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at MSCI full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Well-run company. Great people to work with (mostly). Visionary Exec. management. Company-sponsored fun days.
Cons
NY weather sucks. One time last week as I was walking to work, my umbrella broke because the wind was so strong! Dating in NY sucks. One time I even got stood up! Who does she think she is ?!?!?
Advice to Management
Keep sticking it to active managers.
MSCI2019-02-08
MSCI Response
April 15, 2019 – Executive Director, Americas Recruitment Lead
Thank you for your feedback. MSCI continues to improve the level of support provided to develop our people. Over the last two years, we have focused efforts to improve in this area in a number of ways including developing a robust suite of development resources for employees and ...
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