Is MSCI a good company to work for?

MSCI has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,501 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 82% of employees would recommend working at MSCI to a friend and 76% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about MSCI have been left by employees working as Software Engineer , Executive Director and Associate .

Does MSCI pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MSCI employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MSCI. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MSCI?

82% of MSCI employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MSCI 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MSCI?

Associate (284) , Senior Associate (274) , Analyst (197) , Vice President (156) , Intern (65) , Executive Director (51) , Software Engineer (27) , Real Estate Analyst (24) , Data Analyst (21) , Financial Analyst (21) , Internship (15) , Sales (15) , Software Developer (14) , Data Scientist (12) , Financial Data Analyst (12)

What are the pros of working at MSCI according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and 4 weeks of payed timed off" ((in 204 reviews)); "Great People and Products." ((in 159 reviews)); "Growth oriented and good culture" ((in 158 reviews)); "Good benefits and PTO/ sick days" ((in 130 reviews)); "Salary is good (even though yearly increase could be more as inflation is much more)" ((in 103 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MSCI according to real employee reviews?

"Too many managers with just opinion on people and majority do not have even top" ((in 46 reviews)); "Some senior management will come and get all his staffs from outside and just side line all existing staff" ((in 28 reviews)); "Flexible working hours / working from home not available." ((in 22 reviews)); "Poor leadership in Mumbai Finance; Global Finance is least concerned about this unwanted reputation" ((in 19 reviews)); "No job security" ((in 18 reviews))

What are employees saying about MSCI layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MSCI layoffs and their outlook for job security at MSCI in 2026.

What are the top reviewed MSCI locations?

New York , Berkeley , Norman , Boston , Rockville , San Francisco , Chicago , Dallas , Jersey City , Oklahoma City , Los Angeles , Ann Arbor , San Antonio , Indianapolis , Chino Hills , Campbell , Conshohocken , Philadelphia , Miami , Homer , China , Sweden , China , Buda , India , Asia

MSCI reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,026 total reviews)

Henry A. Fernandez

87% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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MSCI has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,026 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Sep 19, 2023

MSCI

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office, good colleagues, home office

Cons

Useless multinational company HR side talk.

4.0

Sep 18, 2023

Great workplace

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get startup feeling sometimes. People are really cooperative

Cons

Streamlined Flows are not seen sometimes

4.0

Sep 14, 2023

Good

Data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary Good teams/employee and work culture good work life balance good work exposer to global team. Many teams have team members spreaded over the different country. good if you want to switch internally.

Cons

sometimes feels like they lack the future vision and dont have long term goals best if you are working in global team otherwise, im not sure about other teams

MSCI Response

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We appreciate your positive feedback and are pleased to hear that you find our good salary, collaborative teams, and positive work culture, along with the exposure to a global team, to be valuable. We encourage our managers to clearly communicate the future vision to all of their team members, making sure that everyone is aligned in achieving our goals.

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