Cboe reviews

3.3

38% would recommend to a friend

(291 total reviews)
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Craig Donohue

19% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Cboe has an employee rating of 3.3 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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291 reviews
1.0
Apr 30, 2026

Great culture has deteriorated under new leadership

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Pros

Previously, I would’ve considered this the greatest company I’ve ever had the privilege of working for, and I can’t imagine a better culture. Every member of upper management who doesn’t share his name is excellent.

Cons

Pre-Craig Donohue, everyone I know would’ve told you they could see themselves working at Cboe forever, and now I don’t know a soul who would tell you they recommend working at Cboe. This place is being run into the ground for no reason, and could’ve been avoided had anyone researched the CEO’s tenure at CME. Additionally? The decision to embrace prediction markets in pursuit of money from degenerate gamblers is abhorrent, disgusting, and embarrassing.

1.0
Apr 28, 2026

A once great institution ruined

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Pros

They have all been erased in the last year.

Cons

The new CEO and his Make Cboe CME Again agenda have completely ruined the company. All the good employees have left for much greener pastures and the good ones who have stayed are now being pushed out. Senior management is actively trying to take the company back to 2017 when the entire revenue of the company was based on SPX and VIX volumes. Paused promotions this year to entice employees to quit. Ended remote work this year to entice employees to quit. Forced employees back in the office this year to entice employees to quit. Every decision made by senior management in the past year has been to entice employees to quit. Resorted to layoffs when they didn't hit the quote for amount of people to quit.

1.0
Apr 24, 2026

Can no longer recommend

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Not many remaining at this point

Cons

Cboe *used* to be a great workplace. Leaders showed that they cared for employees and in return the employees built a great company. Unfortunately, they recently went through a complete replacement of senior management (CEO, COO) and the new leaders repeatedly demonstrate that the company no longer cares about employees. Most of the perks are being taken away and benefits are being scaled back. Decisions have been made that make it difficult on the employees and they are being treated worse than ever. Leadership has eroded all trust among the employees at this point and morale is horrible among most of the employees. Very different than years past and it's no longer a place I can recommend to others.

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