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).

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2K reviews

4.0

Mar 14, 2019

Decent work life balance - too much bureaucracy

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance. Decent compensation.

Cons

Limited opportunities for career growth.

MSCI Response

7y

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 managers, facilitating mentoring programs, and substantially increasing our employee development budget. Employee development is a top priority for MSCI and our employees are seeing evidence of that priority as they tell us in our annual engagement survey. Our development score has increased year over year. Please do not hesitate to reach out to HR to explore further options for development.

2.0

Mar 14, 2019

Vice President

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility to work from home, ambitious work environment

Cons

long hours, too much emphasis on internal administrations and not enough time to actively work on core purpose, management is not progressive and encourages competitive attitude among colleagues, unrealistic expectations in sales, targets, and relative to compensation, not collaborative, unsupportive environment, not enough check and balances on managers, wrong values, HR has little power and is mostly useless

2.0

Mar 12, 2019

Not a good company to start you career with

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility with work hours . Dynamic nature

Cons

Won't learn anything about financial markets. Totally avoid joining EDO (EDM) department... Cost cutting is at next level.. Not a single employee in this department is happy in working here

MSCI Response

7y

We are glad to note you like the flexibility your work offers and its dynamic nature . MSCI is constantly pushing to delight the customers with our delivery and sometimes transitioning to a new way of working is necessary. MSCI promotes a culture of learning and each employee is encouraged to take ownership of his/her own development. We always have the employee’s well-being in mind and have regular meetings with teams. Do not hesitate to contact your Local HR. lead for specific issues which we will try to resolve.

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Decent work life balance - too much bureaucracy

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