Assistant Director- Pay gap & red tape is a detriment here - Anonymous employee Moody's Employee Review

1.0
Aug 21, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Depending on your manager, they will take the time to help you grow in terms of skills and training -Career mobility is welcomed and most managers are very supportive of your move -True open door policy with senior executives -Constant improvement towards the technology tools that can be improved (not all tools) -Workspace is comfortable and easy access to PATH and trains -Decent benefits

Cons

-Hard to get promoted after Assistant Director particularly if you’re a woman, in NYC office, favoritism, and if your department is not on top of sales -HR lacks on how to survey why it is women are not getting promoted or why women aren’t getting paid as fairly as a man -Frustrating to work with offices that do the bare minimum such as San Francisco and London but somehow expected to get everything done -Lack of realistic goals set by executives and managers which then is blamed on everyone below (great way to avoid promotions)

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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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