Cut throat firing policy - Director Moody's Employee Review

1.0
Nov 7, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good base salary and bonus - Smart, passionate colleagues - Interesting subject domain

Cons

- Cutthroat firing policy. They read a letter to you whilst on Zoom, then immediately turn off your Slack, Outlook, VPN, etc. They don't tell anyone that you've 'left', people just figure it out when you're no longer on Slack. 900 people 'left' in Nov 2022. People have been 'leaving' since, despite the company doing well. This is what the CEO refers to as 'accelerated growth'. - Dreadful American work ethic, i.e., they don't like when you go on holiday, expect you to check Slack and Outlook whilst you're away, etc. - No work-life balance. The Americans (more the senior leadership) expect you to work US EST hours, which works out to 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM if you're based in the UK.

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 1, 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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