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Intercontinental Exchange

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Intercontinental Exchange reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(1,936 total reviews)
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Jeffrey C. Sprecher

55% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Intercontinental Exchange has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,936 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Intercontinental Exchange 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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2K reviews
1.0
Mar 3, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Comparatively attractive STARTING compensation package - They throw some money like we throw peanuts to monkeys in zoo but remember they still think you are a MONKEY! Stock bonus for director or above and their close aide. If you have skills to find innocents in order to induce self-destruction, harassment and mutual backstabbing, you have definitely come to the right place. Cafeteria and coffee

Cons

ICE used to be a good place to work but it has been going downhill recently and no cool factor anymore. The company has grown out of bounds and executive management has no access to the true facts of the projects, and employees. There is no loyalty to employees. They will dump you for doing nothing wrong if it fits their agenda no matter who you are. Management makes tons of errors and will blame the lower rank. It’s all about control and power over others here. Non meritorious boot licking unprofessional culture. Office politics and distrust among team members makes you feel sick everyday go to work. Everyone's afraid of losing job. Close minded and no good communication between departments and coworkers. The boss or his/her close aide will decide which meeting to attend and he will respond on your behalf and will demo your hard work to execute management and eat the credit. Management make promise after promise after promise but after your hard work all you get is blank stares and shrugged shoulders. Zero work life balance. You are considered as a machine rather than a human being. Work from home is ONLY acceptable during after hours and weekend. The company have created a bad internal culture which makes career advancement nearly impossible, no matter how talented you are. If you looking for a place long term this is not it. Unless you are a robot stay away. This company caused me major stress to work for which spilled into my life. I would often be abused close to tears. This is the worst company i have ever worked for. One last thing HR works to protect the company. Seek HR or senior management advice only if you decided to quit job.

2.0
Apr 2, 2018

Change in culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not much anymore and it’s sad

Cons

When I first started the company had a great morale and everyone seemed to really enjoy working together and now it seems they want to push everyone out who’s been there over 7 years. I’ve seen people who sacrificed everything (health, family, marriage) for this company be shown the door recently and it’s sad. The company has shown these people the door and then brought in people who don’t understand the business and are inexperienced and manage by fear. This will cost the company in the long run-but maybe management doesn’t care because they’ve already made their money on the backs of their employees.

2.0
Apr 21, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company has a good brand name and many smart people.

Cons

There is tremendous turmoil here. The company has produced year over year record earnings and then, at Christmas, the executives issued an accross the board pay cut. That is not a joke. After cutting the pay the staff has remained unsettled with many top employees already having left, others have prepared resumes. This coupled with increased technical debt has not prepared them well for the future. The architectures here are very dated but the company is not in a growth phase. So they continue to patch new business features on top of a cracked foundation rather than investing in new solutions. For me, I'd prefer to select a company that selects modern approaches to keep my skills up to date. With many good opportunities in Atlanta right now, I would suggest a company that would value you.

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