Great people but weak management and low pay - Associate Director Moody's Employee Review

2.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Working in a company that has been acquired by moody, all the pros relate to the culture and people from this team. Pro from moodys are possibly the work from anywhere option and days off.

Cons

Weak management solely focused on stock price and short term financial metrics. Too much internal corporate communications with buzzwords and no substance. Compensation is bad and raises are not aligned with additional amount work done. Short term focus is draining employees and should be used once in bad years not in exceptionally good years. Our unit have two high paid head instead of one.

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5.0
30 Apr 2026
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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
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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