Pros
Morningstar is a great place to work.
It sets itself apart in the financial services industry by genuinely supporting and developing a long-term, investor first approach. This is shockingly rare and deserves praise. This is a place where ideas win. For a firm with ~5k staff, it's fairly flat and it's easy to pitch ideas that will significantly improve the business.
It has a great friendly, candid culture that many will find a rewarding and refreshing environment to work within. This is a company that cares about its team.
Kunal, the recently appointed CEO, is an impressive leader and has very sensible plans for the company's future.
There's recently been a refresh of several key executive positions (marketing, tech, product) and a renewed focus on driving a performance culture. My sense is that Morningstar under Kunal will retain all the stuff that has made it great but he'll take a more aggressive approach to addressing some of our shortcomings. These are all welcome changes and help ensure the Morningstar of tomorrow will be better equipped to continue winning in the marketplace.
Cons
No company is perfect and Morningstar has areas to work on. As with any global firm there's a constant battle between global and local priorities, and we have work to do reduce tech debt and better enable teams to get on with their important work of solving real investor problems.