software engineer

senior software engineer

associate

data scientist

analyst

S&P Global

I was offered this job through a contractor, and my assignment was with a company (IHS Markit) that merged with S&P Global. Not sure how the entire S&P organization is (since we merged, and not directly employed by S&P from the beginning), but the management/employees at the Andover location that were initially part IHS Markit and now S&P employees were very welcoming and nice.

As you read this, keep in mind that the organization might have re-structured the Andover location following the merger. But as far as my review at present, there were no major changes to management/employees, apart from some employees leaving in search of better opportunities. It's mostly young and new professionals who get as much out of this role as possible and then taking the next step in their career.

As far as the job goes, if you are hired by a contractor (not sure if S&P will use contractors moving forward), just know that while your role is "Tax Analyst" you will not be working in tax accounting, rather you will work in tax compliance.

In my opinion, it is not very intellectually demanding job. For me, It was really exciting for the first 3-6 months but then it got monotonous. This is not to say that you will not work hard; there are a lot of daily tasks, checking tax forms for accuracy and completeness, and making sure the information complaint with tax laws. But, ultimately it's pretty much data entry all day. There will be high volumes of forms coming in where you will have to analyze the form and enter the data into the system.

You will be trained on the S&P side pertaining to tax laws, how to analyze tax forms, and how to process them into their tax compliance software.

Then, you will be assigned a client, (not an individual but a firm/institution) and you will work get trained to work with their products and processes. Or, you will work in a different line of business within the tax compliance/reporting department.

But, essentially everything will align with the training provided in the first few weeks. So, that means, no matter what client/LOB you get assigned to, it's all the same baseline process, with a little difference based on the client/LOB process.

In terms of co-workers: everyone is so kind, nice, helpful, understanding. Prior to joining this role, I had heard stories from friends about their workplace being competitive and filled with ego etc. I had the opposite impression when I joined this company. As a new professional myself, I was surprised by the welcoming and kind personalities of my team, manager, and team lead.

I worked remotely most days, but I would visit the office sometimes. It's a really nice office in a good location. 

The only down side is, it has very 1984 big brother vibes. There are security cameras everywhere and you cannot use you phone inside department you will be working in. This is to protect confidential information from leaking. 

Outside of the department, you are free to grab snacks or refreshments in the kitchen, use your phone, etc. The office itself is very beautiful, but since many employees opt to work from home, there aren't many in-office workers on a given day. If you choose to come in to the office, you might find yourself sharing the large office between 5-12 people.

Overall, what I liked about this job the most is the lack of micromanagement, the support and guidance of management and coworkers, and access to a nice office space.

What I didn't like is the monotony of daily tasks. Additionally, as a contractor, I did not have great pay and I had zero health insurance.

So, if you plan to get this job through a contractor, please check their benefits, as mine was lacking.

As far as the role itself, Tax Analyst at S&P is a great role for new graduates looking for their first experience, but you may find yourself getting bored after learning all the career skills within the first 3-6 months. In which case, I recommend staying for a year or two and then moving forward.

I came to S&P in September 1998 and worked there until May 2000, when I quit the firm. I was hired as a tech analyst and within 3 days was transferred to retail analyst. I did not mind this; I had just worked as a bankruptcy analyst in Boca Raton, FL and was very familiar with retailers because frankly they file for Ch 11 protection often, so I felt I knew a bit about the industry.

I loved so much about the job: I gave stocks star ratings, presented my best idea in front of 50 other analysts, got to talk to CFO's to do models, you name it. I did monthly Retail Industry Surveys, and got to know great guys who were anything but the typical Wall Street arrogant type the industry is often stereotyped as. I will never forget this experience because of my co-workers.

On the downside, things were very political. As a new analyst, you had to have your writing reviewed by an editor who makes changes. As you learn what the editor wants, you are typically allowed to write reports under less supervision because you know the editors writing style. However, the system was flawed as one editor disliked certain people and just wouldn't advance them. These affected persons fought back numerous ways; by trying to get a new editor to work under who was more reasonable, talking with the superior of this person, all but to no avail. If this one person didn't like you, S&P management wouldn't advance you to the Senior Editors. At a certain point, if you aren't elevated, you were gone. 

I do not believe this stock rating division still exists, and if it does probably not anymore in NYC. Although the pay is lower than the industry average, it is far outweighed by the experience. We had to join a union; a practice that wasn't bad because of its dues, but rather its ineffectiveness in protecting people who really deserved to keep their jobs. They were at that time the only union shop on the Street that I heard of.

Except for the large south-facing window, office space is dull, spartan, and lacks the amenities you'd expect from an established and successful company. Management is functional, but at times petty, chauvanistic, sour, unwilling to teach, unwilling to be taught, and generally lacks knowledge of financial markets & investments.

The hours are fair and flexible. Starting, there are no benefits, and only meager hourly pay between $13-15/hr. Advancement is slow unless you bat your eyes and pretend to care.  

The work itself is entirely unchallenging, mind-numbing, and headache-inducing. It involving phone calls, emails, and googling for pension research. I.e., you invest nothing in your future earnings potential because you do not acquire any marketable skills working there. Hence why this position is for the unambitious.  

Coworkers are kind, mild, and on average middle-aged, with a distribution skewed somewhat left skewed.  A few recent college grads liven the atmosphere. Otherwise, be prepared to talk about what you packed for lunch and fantasy baseball.

Starting, expect to waste an exorbitant amount of time asking companies to disclose private financial information; a 5-11% success rate is typical. As time progresses, you will be doing the same thing, but be asked to request more information from companies, which makes them less likely to inform you.

Overall: It's not a terrible place to work, just be advised that it is a slow-moving company with low pay, no benefits, and little room for advancement, and again, there's no SOE, no data analysis, no programming, and very little SQL.

I was a proofreader for S&P Global for about two years proofreading transcripts.  The work itself was not too difficult.  You basically listen to calls and follow along with the transcript for the call, making corrections as needed.

This job consisted of deadlines you had to meet.  There were busy times and slow times throughout the year.  They always give you a heads up before the busy season starts.  When it was busy, you could work as many hours as you wanted.  There were times I was working almost 50 hours a week.  It is not required that you work that many hours though, but they want you to work at least a minimum of 20 or 30 hours a week.  Your schedule is flexible and you can work when you want to, day or night.

You receive feedback on your work from auditors.  Your pay is affected by how well you scored, so be careful.  You might just get paid their minimum rate if you score low, or you can get paid the maximum rate if you do well.  Pay is inconsistent because of this, but this is only a contract job.  There is also no benefits.  Technical support is always available if there are issues with work, although some of them acted like you were bothering them and seemed rude.  Maybe because they were stressed, I don't know.  But some techs were really nice.

Overall, I enjoyed working as a proofreader for this company.  I was sadly laid off due to downsizing, but if they offered me the job again, I would probably say yes.  However, it would not be my main source of income due to inconsistent work and pay. 

In the end when the business was declining I covered 14 states by car and called on all Bookstores, Book Wholesalers and Medical Bookstores. While I traveled over 2 million miles by car in 47 years I did call on every account I was asked to call on until they either started buying from wholesalers or they went out of business. I prefer this culture because I am not accountable to anybody but my sales manager and myself. I would say the hardest part of my job was keeping my bosses up to par on computer changes and helping them get up to speed. I never had a boss who was more proficient than I was on a computer. I was often asked to attend meetings that were attended mainly by Vice Presidents. But I loved the main part of my job that was calling on accounts and meeting with people. The people in the book business are the salt of the earth. And while the business itself was losing it's clientele and life for the average bookstore was a struggle these people who were mostly owners kept the faith and it was wonderful servicing them. I would have to say that what I learned is that while you can outlive some businesses you can never stop loving the people that keep it together. God bless the book industry.

A typical day at McGraw-Hill Education would involve meeting with my peers, other Trainers to discuss leadership and upcoming events and travel plans (domestically / internationally). 

While working as a Trainer at McGraw-Hill Education, I found my passion in helping individuals to grow both personally and professionally. In this position, I have had the opportunity to serve in a number of leadership roles; Core Representative, Digital Care Rep Generalist, Digital Care Representative & Trainer. I have enjoyed serving in each capacity.

Management is strategic, thoughtful of employees, inclusive with a team spirit and hard working. My co-workers all get along very well. Each of them come with very strong skill-sets that we all can learn from, and most of all we are a family.

The hardest part of the job is the off boarding process. McGraw-Hill Education works with local Staffing Agencies and the contractors that work for McGraw-Hill through these agencies are employed via contract only. Having to see many of them go on a regular basis is not fun at all. However, the most enjoyable part is the team environment. McGraw-Hill prides itself on a culture second to none. Everyone is helpful, we're trained to be, and we show a great deal of appreciation for every skill-set we encounter. Working is fun as it produces growth opportunities and ongoing learning.

- A typical day for a ratings analyst is to perform complex financial, business, and economic analysis to determine the credit worthiness of the securities to be issued by corporations.

- Working with large global investors, corporations, financial institutions, and law firms provided me with in-depth knowledge of the financial and capital markets. My knowledge of the global financial markets is rich as a result of this experience.

- My co-workers were what I consider some of the brightest minds in the financial marketplace. We all were highly analytical with excellent quantitative skiils and high levels of integrity.

- The most difficult part of the job was having to stand firm on credit criteria with investment bankers, lawyers, and issuers who all believed the Standard & Poor's approach was too strict and conservative

- The most enjoyable part of the job was learning. For the intellectually curious, Standard & Poor’s was a great place for a career in business and finance. I had the pleasure of working with very bright colleagues and participants in the credit, financial and capital markets.

I was involved in a fairly new education testing program. It was voluntary testing across the United States. Once the tests were scored each school received a report that compared their test scores to schools around the world. It was very interesting to see the difference of test scores related to the different regions in the United States and then see how each school compared to the world.  Very exciting.

Once a school agreed to test, I would then be responsible for keeping the school on the deadline to ensure that they received all of the materials before test date.
There was extensive communications with each of the schools and tracking of materials.

There was on direct manager, but there was a program manager and we communicated almost every day. There also was a team mate that split the participating schools with me and we worked great together. She trained me for the position and was very supportive.

The hardest part of the job was that this was a new program so there were no set guidelines.

Although I worked extensive hours to complete the program, it was exciting and interesting. I also enjoyed all the people that worked with me.

If you're a freelancer considering working with this company, I would strongly advise you to think twice. While they advertise flexible freelance opportunities, the reality is far from ideal. The company massively over-recruits, resulting in far more freelancers than actual available work. Most of your time will be spent sitting around for hours—or even days—refreshing the platform, trying to catch a job like a sniper. There’s no compensation for the time spent waiting, and the jobs, when they do appear, are few and far between. What’s worse, rates of pay can be cut with zero warning, and you're given only one day's notice if they decide not to continue working with you. That level of instability makes planning or relying on this income extremely difficult. To add to the frustration, whenever the workload increases, they recruit even more freelancers, instead of allocating more jobs to the existing team—making it even harder to find consistent work. 
In short: you’re not paid to be available, and you’ll spend more time refreshing your screen than actually working. If you value your time, peace of mind, and fair treatment—look elsewhere. There also seems to be a revolving door in management, which doesn’t inspire confidence. Good luck!

I've been employed with Standard & Poor's (A division of the McGraw Hill Companies) for 25 years and have recently lost my job as a result of a departmental outsourcing. My experience with the company has been mostly positive over the years. While I might not necessarily agree with some of the decisions made at the top levels, I understand and accept those decisions. I've had the benefit of working with some tremendously talented people in my career with the company. While with the company, I managed approximately 10 people. At times, it was a high pressure environment with strict goals that needed to be met (consistently). This was one of my favorite parts of the job as I work very well under pressure! I need to be moving fast and I do my best work under these conditions. Managing an in-house team that was responsible for ALL company receivables was not an easy task. I consider specialized collections an art form. The ability to negotiate (successfully) with high level clients at very prestigious firms (and for VERY large sums of money) can be very off-putting to some. For me and my team, it was a very rewarding experience!

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