MFS Investment Management Employee Reviews

Decent place. go to work, Do your work.Good people best pet of jobCare about your familyManagement is managementGood cultureThinking outside box hardest part of job

Pros

Defined contribution plan

Cons

Low salary and bonus

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Supportive and passionate environment

Internal Wholesaler (Current Employee) - Boston, MA - July 27, 2023

People are passionate about their jobs, and the company mission. The learning curve can be challenging in lack of formal training process but people are willing to offer guidance and help.

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Rotational Intern (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - July 3, 2023

Great place to work. The culture is professional but also welcoming to new hires. A lot of guidance and support is given regardless of the level you join at.

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great work environment and benefits

IRA Specialist (Former Employee) - Boston, MA - May 17, 2023

Worked at MFS for a short period of time and thought the company had a positive work environment and commitment to the employee and their customers. The benefits were excellent.

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Buena

Chofer (Former Employee) - Monteserrin - February 12, 2023

Me gusto porque no te hacen preguntas muy relevantes y son faciles

Pros

Cons

Días libres si hay

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5 stars

Client Service Representative (Former Employee) - Quincy, MA - January 15, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Knowledge gainedWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?The pay was subparWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?call center environmentWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Answering calls from shareholders, plan admins, financial advisors.

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Great people and culture

Contract Analyst (Former Employee) - Boston, MA - December 5, 2022

The overall culture was great when I worked there. Amazing health insurance and retirement benefits. Definitely a company that would be comfortable to stay at for the length of a career, and many do.

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MFS Service Center

Client Service Representative (Current Employee) - Quincy, MA - October 24, 2022

I want to emphasis this is more about the service center than MFS as a whole. The amount of pay is nowhere near a livable wage. They depend heavily on a vested retirement plan. Once the math is done, your still underpaid. The job drains energy and literally could lead to depression. At times mandatory OT is forced upon staff. There is a two year rule which could derail your career before starting. It's better to start elsewhere then apply to MFS if interested. Their policies are outdated as is their technology.

Pros

Co-workers

Cons

Pay, Career progression

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Trading advancement for stability

Software Engineering Architect (Current Employee) - Boston, MA - September 15, 2022

I've stayed at MFS for over 10 years because of the great benefits and (previously) good work-life balance. Turnover has historically been very low so advancement opportunities were relatively non-existent, though I think that is beginning to change. Still, a long tenure here has limited my career growth--both in terms of job title and exposure to new technologies. We are slow to adapt new technologies, and people end up siloed with their applications.Being in the financial industry comes with a mess of red tape, but the company as a whole has done a pretty good job setting up processes to work through much of it in a reasonable manner. Despite this, actually getting any real work deployed to production takes significantly more time than it needs to, and sometimes does not happen at all.In the last 4-5 years, upper and middle management have become out of touch with employees at the bottom of the ladder. Despite numerous pleas and insightful counter arguments, management--who all have comfy offices--pushed everyone into an open space concept (just in time for the pandemic). Now those same people are pushing for employees to be in the office far more than needed, citing the importance to our culture, though they do not associate with us on any normal basis.

Pros

Great benefits, many good people

Cons

Out of touch management

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Time to time team building in parks helps

Regional Sales Manager (Former Employee) - Pretoria, Gauteng - August 25, 2022

Assisting people helps me to grow and learn new things everyday, to plan everyday listen and hear colleague's especially in management Fairness is of paramount importance.Achieving set out goals and targets is the sweet p

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Office associate (Former Employee) - São Paulo, SP - June 13, 2022

Excelente empresa para trabalhar. pacote de remuneracao e beneficios muito atrativa, porem ambiente competitivo. ambiente internacional com muitas oportunidades

Pros

remuneracao e pacote de beneficios bem atrativo

Cons

ambiente competitivo

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Culture

International Director (Former Employee) - Boston, MA - May 24, 2022

30 year career, grateful for incredible opportunities and support, open door- access to management. When the Chairman, CEO, and President all know your name that says something! Flexibility, work/life balance, ability to move into different departments, not a one track place, we are encouraged to collaborate and network. They are making great efforts in their DEI and ESG education and accommodation. Excellent benefits. Amazing culture. Many many employees are there 25, 30, 35 years! Can be mentored and have mentees. Many promotions from within in sales department.

Pros

Culture. Benefits. Ability to grow. International company.

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how they manipulate their staff

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Boston, MA - March 21, 2022

I thought it was a great company to work for in the beginning but got the surprise of my life after seven years at this company. They talk a big game, but they put people in management that are not qualified to lead. HR does not want to hear the truth from the average employee, management to them is the golden child. One day this company is going to find itself in a situation because of their lack of qualified managers.

Pros

benefits

Cons

employees pay in ways for those benefits (not monetarily) poor management

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Great Culture

Research Associate (Current Employee) - Boston, MA - July 31, 2021

This is one of the best companies I have worked for. Companies always preach about the culture but MFS is one of the few places where it’s actually really important to senior management.

Pros

Work life balance, culture

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Great culture

Manager (Former Employee) - Boston - July 18, 2021

Good people and culture, great location, work life balance. Not always easy to get things done but teams understand and pull together. Open door policy from senior management.

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Very stessful

Client Service Representative (Current Employee) - Quincy, MA - March 5, 2021

Everything you do is timed to the second and you are extremely under paid for the work. Your evaluated based on your mistakes and there is always fingers pointed at you when you make those.

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For a younger person starting out of college

Client Service Representative (Former Employee) - Quincy, MA - January 20, 2021

Poor work culture, you are timed to the second on everything and just hope you don't need to use the bathroom regularly, this is viewed as a negative.

Pros

none

Cons

micro management

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Great culture

Manager (Former Employee) - Boston - January 18, 2021

Good people and culture, great location, work life balance. Not always easy to get things done but teams understand and pull together. Open door policy from senior management.

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Great culture and supporting employees

Business Analyst Intern (Former Employee) - Boston, MA - October 7, 2020

MFS has a notoriously supporting culture where employees across departments are willing to help at a moments notice. Work was challenging, but rewarding.

Pros

New projects daily, work is meaningful

Cons

Low chance of return offer for interns

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Very productive experience

Information management co-op (Former Employee) - Boston, MA - July 12, 2020

A great place to work at and very organized management. People usually stay for a very long time, 20 and 30 years because of the benefits and work life balance.

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Great mentors and collaborative teamwork

Consultant Relations co-op (Former Employee) - Boston - June 15, 2020

People were friendly and willing to guide me during work. Many of the managers (even from different departments) had an open-door policy and I could always reach out and schedule with them to ask any questions that I had.

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