Is Cboe a good company to work for?

Cboe has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 382 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 19% over the last 12 months. 42% of employees would recommend working at Cboe to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Cboe have been left by employees working as Intern , Software Engineer and Investigator .

Does Cboe pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cboe employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cboe. This rating has decreased by 14% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cboe?

42% of Cboe employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cboe 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cboe?

Software Engineer (24) , Intern (21) , Investigator (16) , Manager (10) , Senior Software Engineer (7) , Internship (6) , Principal Software Engineer (6) , Analyst (5) , Business Analyst (5) , Director (5) , Intern - Hourly (5) , Software Engineer Intern (5) , Programme Analyst (4) , Vice President (4) , Engineer (3)

What are the pros of working at Cboe according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great!" ((in 46 reviews)); "great hours and good benefits" ((in 37 reviews)); "It has a great environment and culture." ((in 31 reviews)); "Good work life balance and tech people are good" ((in 22 reviews)); "Pay is good." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cboe layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cboe layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cboe in 2026.

What Cboe locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Kansas City , Kansas City , Lenexa , New York , Chicago , Overland Park

Cboe reviews

3.4

42% would recommend to a friend

(291 total reviews)

Craig Donohue

21% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.0

Culture & values

2.9

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Cboe has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 291 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cboe employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

291 reviews

3.0

Apr 13, 2012

Underpaid, Overworked

Investigator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Regulatory Division is severely understaffed so there is plenty of work to go around. Regulatory sector of the Securities industry is the one sector that is actually expanding, a job in the regulatory division at an exchange is a great resume builder for a future job at a private firm.

Cons

I feel as if Senior Regulatory management is under-educated. Most of them have moved up the ladder because of their complacency with their jobs rather than their work. CBOE is bringing in over qualified investigators/examiners at entry levels but they are lawyers, CPA's, ex-Market Makers while senior management lacks advanced degrees.

2.0

Jun 4, 2009

Great place to work for pay and financial possibilities. Lacks in system stability and employer-employee line-of-sight.

Programme analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay. Fairly low stress. Slow learning curve. Low expectations. Firm is (currently) privately held. Downtown Chicago. Nice employee referral program. Great resume stuffer. It's a great "in" if you are in the Financial field or have an interest in Options and/or Stock. Lots of knowledgable people who have been around since the early days of CBOE.

Cons

Poor working relationships. Poor direct management supervision. Poor performance planning and management. Poor project management. Poor project execution. Low quality technological system. There seem to be serious disconnects between the average employee and the overall direction of the company. Projects are often discombobulated, hard to implement, hard to follow, hard to clean up. With multiple projects being implemented, one on top of the other, the quality of the system would seem to be compromised. The employees that have been here for a while often come across as arrogant and can be difficult to work with, requiring other employees to pry information out of them.

3.0

Feb 1, 2026

Ok

Programme analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hybrid, pay ok, coworkers nice for the most part

Cons

Review process is ambiguous and rating system is archaic

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Underpaid, Overworked

Great place to work for pay and financial possibilities. Lacks in system stability and employer-employee line-of-sight.

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