Does Knight Capital pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Knight Capital employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Knight Capital. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Knight Capital?

49% of Knight Capital employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Knight Capital 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Knight Capital?

Assistant Vice President (6) , Director (3) , Associate Programmer Analyst (2) , Intern (2) , Managing Director (2) , Sales and Trading Intern (2)

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

"Good people to work with" ((in 12 reviews)); "it was good if the management spent more time to interact with employees" ((in 5 reviews)); "Good benefits: Health, 401K" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Knight Capital according to real employee reviews?

"Reckless upper management destroyed the company." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Knight Capital layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Knight Capital locations?

Jersey City , New York , Port Norris , Melville , Fullerton , Greenwich

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Knight Capital

Acquired by KCG

Knight Capital reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

Tom Joyce

87% approve of CEO

14% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.3

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

3.1

Career opportunities

2.3

Diversity & inclusion

Knight Capital has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Knight Capital employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

54 reviews

2.0

Jun 12, 2014

Not a nice place to work anymore”

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Technology side is very fast paced. You will get a lots of hands on experience. Fellow technologists are very talented.

Cons

Management is from Getco side and too stupid to realize revenue is more from Knight Side. Totally biased and unfair management towards Knight's Employees.

3.0

Jul 1, 2012

AVP Developer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I worked for many years at Knight and overall it was a great experience. Compensation and benefits are competitive and you get to work on interesting projects in a fast paced environment.

Cons

No career path for technologists not interested in management. Middle managers/team leads have no experience or interest in mentoring developers and helping them with career development. More often than not very inappropriate people are promoted into director titles. Senior developers, as they leave the firm, are replaced by very junior ones and as a result many systems are built by inexperienced people and are now a support nightmare. At least 80% of the work is real-time production support, leaving little time for working on development tasks unless you dedicate your personal time to it. Expectation is that issues are investigated immediately as they arise which after awhile gets to you -- it is unnatural for a developer to constantly context switch like that. Because so much work is production support there is very little opportunity to expand your technological skills. Technology has a tendency to stagnate and there is resistance to change. Training opportunities offered to technologists are a so basic a high school kid wouldn't take advantage of it. I don't believe this is unique to Knight, but this is also not for everyone.

3.0

Jul 22, 2015

Changing for the good

Associate programmer analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits package, good management. strong business and technology team. Perfect location for commuters.

Cons

Change in management has caused a lot of flux of the employees. This will settle soon. Should be a good company to work for someone looking to join at any level

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