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Intercontinental Exchange

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Decent early career option but I would AVOID! - Senior Software Developer Intercontinental Exchange Employee Review

1.0
Jun 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Office is nice and has a great cafe - Some people you meet and work with here are great and very smart

Cons

- Very toxic work place (verbal for example) - Work-life balance is nonexistent (strongly encourage to eat lunch at your desk is just the tip of the iceberg example) - Absolutely no WFH policy (unless you want to WFH after you leave the office after working hours which is also encouraged) - Pay is way below standards especially for software development - With two weeks left in 2017 they cut everyone's stock bonuses and refused to pay them out for that year (unless you were upper management and above) that was 20% of my compensation package which was COMBINED already below industry standard - Career path was defined some finally in 2016 but its mainly for show - small bumps in pay and a better title with tons more work! - Hiring here is a joke now - grab college grads who barely know what they are doing so they don't have to pay them much - as a senior developer I ended up training new people every 6 months to a year because of this strategy - almost no new people stayed very long - Turnover is huge - on my team alone I saw MANY existing co-workers leave and many more who were hired/left in my 3 years - on a team that maxed out at around a dozen people. This seemed to be a trend in many departments near mine - The stress, toxic environment, no work-life balance, and constant abuse over my years here did a lot of damage to my physical and mental health - I can not recommend to anyone that they work here! There are many good places to work in Atlanta - this is NOT one of them!

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5.0
May 26, 2026
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Pros

A very distinct culture of gritty, brilliant individuals. Very generous compensation. Lean org structure with access to the senior most leaders.

Cons

Not a company for those who aren't self starters. You will thrive here if you are diligent and independent.

2.0
Jan 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company has good benefits and, for now, free breakfast and lunch in one building. Nice gym in HQ.

Cons

The company is very inflexible and absolutely does not tolerate remote work in any capacity. Even if you are the only member of your team in the office and could easily be remote, you will be required to be in office to take Zoom calls. In general this matches with the company's overbearing culture and "eye of sauron"- like micromanagement. Some higher executives work remotely, but they have sweetheart deals that don't apply to everyone, so if you need flexibility look elsewhere. Atlanta, even in difficult economic times, still has plenty of competition that is much more flexible than ICE. The company location is surrounded by nothing, so while JP Morgan can mandate RTO in their accessible Manhattan office, the Atlanta workers don't have it so rosy. If the company would relent on in-office it would definitely improve, but the fact that they don't leads to high turn-over and is why so many H-1Bs are present: they can't leave as easily. The company aggressively controls your time with a badge dashboard so one day you will get an email out of the blue asking you about it.

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