Is MSCI a good company to work for?

MSCI has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,492 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 77% 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 4.0 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 (282) , Senior Associate (273) , Analyst (196) , Vice President (154) , 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 206 reviews)); "Growth oriented and good culture" ((in 161 reviews)); "Great People and Products." ((in 157 reviews)); "Good benefits; Decent work" ((in 128 reviews)); "Salary is good (even though yearly increase could be more as inflation is much more)" ((in 98 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 49 reviews)); "Some senior management will come and get all his staffs from outside and just side line all existing staff" ((in 27 reviews)); "Flexible working hours / working from home not available." ((in 24 reviews)); "No vision for India, there is no leadership." ((in 20 reviews)); "Upper management can be a bit tricky and people are overworked." ((in 16 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

(2,018 total reviews)

Henry A. Fernandez

88% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

MSCI has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,018 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

Oct 22, 2013

Senior Associate & VP

Vice president and senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company pays good salary to get talent from Indiian market

Cons

- Always Risk of Job due to peer pressure from other locations. - Heavy politics due to regional set up. - No Control to local management. - Limited or no career growth and reason is company is not growing at all due to market sentiments.

2.0

Oct 20, 2013

It's a job, nothing more

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Some very smart people at the top of their games doing some great work. - Very international. - Benefits are generous.

Cons

- Stifling corporate atmosphere, unpleasantly political. - Terrible promotion process, absolutely not based on any merit, purely 'game players' who get ahead, this feeds into an apathetic career-progression concept. - Over-reliance on developing region offices where costs may be cheaper but the quality often isn't there.

3.0

Oct 16, 2013

Good company to learn about the finance industry. Terrible at career development

Client service

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great attitude of co-workers. Managers respect your life outside the job. You can take your vacations days without your manager making any comments about it.

Cons

Terrible career development. People sitting on the same jobs for three to five years. Promotions are given to people without having the merit. Compensations depends on your initial negotiation and not a reflection of your job.

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