S&P Global reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(9,161 total reviews)

Martina L. Cheung

79% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

S&P Global has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,161 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The S&P Global employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Aug 13, 2018

If your not on the Index or Ratings side......RUN !

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Wealth of talent and smart co-workers. NYC office is a nice building and location if you like to work downtown. If you’re a newbie out of school, go for it. You’ll learn a lot.

Cons

Pay, bonus and benefits are below par against competitors. Culture went straight down hill after SNL takeover. The rocket scientists on SPGI board decided to spend 9.5 of annual earnings for SNL - $2.2 BILLION for a company that generates less than $300 million a year. The justification was that SP Global was buying management. So in order to justify their millions in gains from the buyout - and yes, all Senior SNL folks pocketed millions from the buyout, out came the axe. I know for certain that these folks have been sued for unlawful termination. I still talk to old timers that haven’t gotten pushed out that the culture is now one of fear and paranoia. Who’s going to get escorted out of the building next? Who’s going to be put on a performance improvement plan next? With unreachable goals after having sterling reviews for years? Just so you can be let go and not get paid severance? If you’re a newbie, go for it. No positions are getting posted in NYC anymore. Only in Charlottesville where you have to be like everyone else and wear plaid shirts and drink Makers Mark at company events. Nothing like millennials taking over! If your role can be done in India or Pakistan, eventually your role is moving to one.

2.0
Jun 8, 2017

What it once was it no longer is

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fair salary; good location; long standing employees are very helpful and knowledgeable; strong business team; company name is known throughout the industry

Cons

Diminished workplace diversity, heavily driven by India; diminished work-life balance, expecting you to be available 28/8; filling open positions in Denver, creating in India, expects us to believe our jobs are not at risk; no longer promotes existing senior level staff to head departments instead hiring from outside; under value business acumen of long standing employees. Now because of these negative reviews and poor internal employee survey results they're attempting to put bandaids on sores. In essence, throwing doggy treats so we can give good ratings on the next internal company survey, yet not really doing much. They need to reduce the risk of losing too many employees before critical projects are completed and do knowledge transfer to the incoming Denver/India staff. Well, what do you expect the CTO has to support his birthplace too. It's a medicinal curry pie I guess

2.0
Mar 9, 2019
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Pros

Overall the firm is ok to work for however see cons for some color on what to watch out for.

Cons

The whole ratings division was told during a global "town hall" conference call that the entire 2018 bonus pool would be 60% lower than target because management was too optimistic and fell short of some undisclosed financial targets. There was no indication throughout 2018 that anything was wrong so the disclosure in late Feb 2019 (very late to begin with) came as a big shock/disappointment. Individual bonuses have now been disclosed and will be paid in a week or two.

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