Company Review - Anonymous employee Morningstar Employee Review

5.0
Oct 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great company! Treats its employees really well. Lots of growth opportunities. Good healthcare, wellness programs. Wonderful diversity in the office. Every one is down to earth.

Cons

The free coffee could be better, but hey what couldn't be better, right?

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Morningstar Response
9y
Thanks for the kind feedback and your recognition of a few things that make Morningstar a unique and wonderful place to work. We got a chuckle out of your coffee comment, since, as you know, this has been a hot topic here for years. Despite occasional changes to the type of coffee beans/grounds we use (including a side-by-side coffee brand face-off), and the fact that we serve both fresh-ground espresso and espresso based beverages as well as Dunkin Donuts drip coffee, we still don’t seem to be able to please everyone on this front!

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