Is Moody's a good company to work for?

Moody's has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 4,569 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 71% of employees would recommend working at Moody's to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Moody's have been left by employees working as Sales Development Representative (SDR) , Intern and Sales Associate .

Does Moody's pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Moody's employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Moody's. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Moody's?

71% of Moody's employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Moody's 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Moody's?

Analyst (181) , Associate (127) , Associate Analyst (116) , Associate Director (102) , Assistant Director (84) , Director (83) , Software Engineer (80) , Senior Associate (70) , Intern (57) , Financial Analyst (51) , Vice President (51) , Assistant Vice President (50) , Financial Data Analyst (49) , Senior Software Engineer (41) , Relationship Manager (40)

What are the pros of working at Moody's according to real employee reviews?

"Generally the work life balance is good as you can work from home usually when needed." ((in 563 reviews)); "People are nice and kind;" ((in 296 reviews)); "Good Culture and ease of working environment" ((in 255 reviews)); "medical benefits are good" ((in 186 reviews)); "Great colleagues to work with." ((in 152 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Moody's according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and no future" ((in 157 reviews)); "Bad managers can simply skip the review process" ((in 82 reviews)); "Monotonous and slow career progression" ((in 70 reviews)); "Less pay, no flexible working hours" ((in 50 reviews)); "Senior management is based in London, rather than NYC." ((in 48 reviews))

What are employees saying about Moody's layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Moody's locations?

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3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(4,006 total reviews)

Rob Fauber

82% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Moody's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,006 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Moody's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0

Jan 10, 2010

Depends on group and manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Intellectually challenging environment Provides exposure to a wide variety of constituents - media, seasoned institutional investors, senior ranks of rated companies, investment bankers Still a good name to have on your resume Quality and collaboration of employees is generally good

Cons

Performance review and promotion process remains opaque and inconsistent despite continuing enhancement Below average pay relative to other financial services firms Poor work/life balance In the downturn, Moody's has shown little employee loyalty negating the stability/lower pay trade-off

2.0

Nov 22, 2009

As frank as it can get

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Great work/life balance -Good benefits -Good place to start or end a career, not progress your career midway

Cons

-Very low pay compared to other financial firms -Known for having incompetent, untalented employees -Unfairness in promotions -Too political -Too much power given to managers - if you have a bad manager, it is a dead end job

4.0

Nov 20, 2009

Good palce to work but the lack of a clear response to the crisis negatively affected employees' morale

Associate analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Moody's offers a good life and work balance, managers are normally respectful of this. There is a exchange of knowledge, and colleagues are usually available to help. It is an intellectually challenging job that gives the possibility of developing a real knowledge on an asset class or a market. The job security is also pretty high. REdundancies only occur in case of big restructurings, it happend at the end of 2007.

Cons

Career possibilities especially after the recent crisis are fairly limited, and the company is in a stationary state. No retention policy, promotions by seniority in the job, and salary discrepancy between the senior employees that progressed in their carreers before the crisis and the one that joined around 2007.

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