Does Moody's pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Moody's employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Moody's. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Moody's?

73% of Moody's employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Moody's 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Moody's?

Analyst (181) , Associate (127) , Associate Analyst (116) , Associate Director (100) , Assistant Director (84) , Director (82) , Software Engineer (78) , Senior Associate (69) , Intern (56) , Financial Analyst (51) , Vice President (51) , Assistant Vice President (49) , Financial Data Analyst (49) , Senior Software Engineer (40) , Relationship Manager (39)

What are the pros of working at Moody's according to real employee reviews?

"Generally the work life balance is good as you can work from home usually when needed." ((in 551 reviews)); "People are nice and kind;" ((in 287 reviews)); "Great culture and you get what you need to do your work" ((in 250 reviews)); "401K and good benefits" ((in 200 reviews)); "Great colleagues throughout the firm." ((in 153 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Moody's according to real employee reviews?

"]The salary for a junior analyst is low but if you stay many years and you will an increase" ((in 151 reviews)); "Some team has very old technology and senior managers are against changes" ((in 81 reviews)); "Slow career progression and technology is not so great" ((in 71 reviews)); "culture good , flex working hours" ((in 48 reviews)); "Low compensation and no professional development" ((in 42 reviews))

What are employees saying about Moody's layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Moody's layoffs and their outlook for job security at Moody's in 2026.

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3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(3,972 total reviews)

Rob Fauber

85% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

3.3

Career opportunities

Moody's has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,972 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Moody's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0

Sep 30, 2008

Moody's - a place for dead enders

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

a well known firm; established methods, diverse workforce, global organization

Cons

dysfunctional bunch of 2nd guessing micro-managers; organizational paralysis; good people leave, incompetent ones stay on.

2.0

Feb 15, 2021

Lack of work life balance

Associate analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible workplace and hours, colleagues are generally nice and very experienced. If you love research and heavy data collation, this is a place for you.

Cons

1. No work life balance - expect to have late night emails/meetings, short turnaround time, no personal time or your personal time is not important to anyone in the company even though this has been advocated in Moody's for some time. 2. Always have no bonus expectation - doesn't matter if the company is performing well or not, the management will always have a new reason why your bonus is not going to be well. 3. Despite allocating more budget to promote racial equality and gender equality, our management tend to look at the problems in US' lens. But this is quite normal for US firms. 4. Promotion is slow and vague, despite expecting you to have unhealthily high workload because the management refused to hire more staff, there is no equal compensation or promotion opportunities 5. Admin work will drown you to a point that you have no time to learn real credit risk assessments. 6. Overly customer centric and ignoring employees' well being.

1.0

Mar 15, 2018

Regional AVP

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Attractive staff medical coverage, Colleagues are nice and friendly. Volunteer program arrangement is excellent. Opportunity for internal transfer with good career path.

Cons

Tough boss and high pressure. Hard to work in good mood as working with low EQ manager as you never know when you will blamed

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