Terrible Leadership and cronyism - Anonymous employee MSCI Employee Review

1.0
Jul 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Not much. If you're in sales you have an easier time. Used to be fair promotions. Now it's all just from weird connections. Working to keep things in pipeline used to be an efficient process. And there were easier sales until recently.

Cons

Horrible turmoil. Non stop turnover. Company surviving by riding general stock market wave. Bad team structures in place. Historical abuse and even harassment of employees. Surprising that the place hasn't been sued more. Just so much paranoia and pushing. For project management that has terrible planning. Or good communications. And no real leadership in corporate office management. Cronyism and incompetence is the m.o. All over the place. A ton of manager laziness. So productivity is hard. Especially when the other people don't feel safe or appreciated. Historical harassment in many ways. Often to redirect hyper spotlight on others. While partying and using family connections or other status.

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Cons

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4.0
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Cons

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