A great place to grow, but leadership and direction can be frustrating - Anonymous employee Moody's Employee Review

3.0
20 Sept 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-The people here are great. It’s not stiff/rigid like you would expect from an older company like this—people are friendly, collaborative, and supportive. There’s a lot of trust in getting your work done, so work/life balance is good. I’ve worked across teams like sales, product, and finance, and never dealt with micromanagement. -Great growth opportunities, if you're proactive. I’ve jumped from team to team based on whatever I've been interested in (sales, product, strategy, etc), and it’s been a great learning experience. If you're smart and curious, the company will give you room to explore.

Cons

- Constant identity crises. Feels like there's always a looming shift in direction, with leadership trying to position the company in a way that doesn’t always feel aligned to what we actually do. It can be tough to keep up with changes and figure out what the long-term vision really is. -Corporate politics. As you move up, the internal dynamics and politics become more noticeable. Some teams have more influence than others, and that can create tension and make things feel a bit siloed at times.

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5.0
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Pros

- PTO - Work life balance - Tech focused - Pay is reasonably competitive

Cons

- 401k match is just OK - No stock RSUs

3.0
1 Jun 2026
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Pros

- Good company wide culture (see notes below on ratings specific culture) good people - Great work life balance (especially for finance in NYC) - Opportunity to learn from most of the c-suite - If you want the return offer you can usually get it (only know one person from my year who wanted one and didn't get one). - The ratings intern program is essentially gauging if your competent to extend a return offer. You don't actually do much work for your team.

Cons

- Can't touch anything an actual associate does because of regulations in industry (don't get exposure with what you'll actually be doing full time). - Because you can't touch anything you basically spend the entire summer being talked at by senior analysts (learned a ton but can get repetitive). - Hybrid schedule is only really adhered to by associates on your team, so the office feels deserted at times. The seniors don't come into the office much. The ratings floors (separate from the rest of the business) have a stale and silent feeling. - Because you don't really do much for your team it's hard to create relationships with them. - Your capstone project can be on a completely different industry then the one you're assigned to.

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