Don't ever work here - New Construction Validator Moody's Employee Review

1.0
10 Oct 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people who work there are the only reason you should ever want to work there

Cons

Everyone who works for Moody's and not REIS. They brag about how much money they make in their quarterly town halls but always skip right past the part about cost of living raises. The average salary in White Plains is over 45K, cost of living in White Plains is 54% higher than the national average and Glassdoor estimated this salary as a minimum of 56K annually. Moody's didn't do their homework when they bought REIS so do your homework and don't work here.

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5.0
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Pros

Good benefits, life-work balance, culture, and growth opportunities

Cons

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3.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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