Horrible IT reputation fully justified - Consultant Moody's Employee Review

1.0
28 Jun 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Close to subways & path station If your house is about to foreclose, Moodys is better than begging on the street.

Cons

Plenty of people had warned me about Moodys, but I didn't realize it would be that bad. The company was well known as a bottom feeder for technology for decades before things came to a head with their debacle helping cause the 2008 financial crisis. They have since tried to bring their IT up to basic standards but have been using the same incompetent middle managers that got them in the mess in the first place, with predictable disastrous results. They churn through consultants and flog those that are visa slaves to death. I've witnessed a consultant having their ID removed and on investigating finding out they were being let go on the same day. Professional courtesy doesn't not extend to how consultants are treated. Terrible unprofessional management Treat consultants like garbage Don't understand modern day IT standards or technology

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Cons

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3.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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