Nasdaq reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,405 total reviews)
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Adena Friedman

87% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Nasdaq has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,405 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nasdaq 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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3.0
Jul 8, 2015
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Pros

I work in the Corporate Solutions division and overall the people from a mid-management level on down are decent, hard-working people who do their jobs well and help each other out. Not a ton of pass the buck here--everyone works hard and exhibits professionalism. Salary is decent and the products are interesting, especially the ones the company is investing in. Nasdaq is an interesting company that embraces innovation in its products.

Cons

Any talk of helping employees at the professional level to progress and move up within the company seems to be more lip service than something really put into practice. The employees sometime seem like an afterthought to profit margins rather than an asset that helps drive the company's success with clients. There is also a constant reshuffling of role definitions that results in a lot of confusion about who does what now and leads to client (and employee) frustration.

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Nasdaq Response
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We are happy to provide an update that we have recently created and rolled out a career framework – which does exactly what you mentioned – clarify roles and assist employees in creating and developing their career path at Nasdaq. It is a globally consistent framework, with career families, levels and positions descriptions that are clearly defined and transparent to all employees. It makes it easier for employees to map out a career path and identify learning experiences that will develop the skills they need for career advancement. This framework took 3 years to create and rollout, and we are now onto the next phase, which is applying the framework to our people programs and processes. As a result, we have been able to enhance our learning programs, such as our Mentoring Program, Competency , Project Management Programs and other Leadership Development programs, whose main focus in growing or improving the competencies and experience for our employees across the organization. Please feel free to reach out to your local HR Business Partner or Talent Management team.
4.0
Jul 7, 2015

Good and some bad

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The team in Lakewood is excellent, high-calibre folks for the most part. Very good engineers, great atmosphere.

Cons

The management in NY kinda sucks. Teams aren't grouped according to a task they are grouped according to specialty, which cause problems trying to get things done across the different teams.

3.0
Jun 29, 2015

Nice people, nowhere to go

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice people, many long tenures and generous with telecommuting and work schedule flexibility. Good benefits and salary is probably on par.

Cons

Very little chance for advancement especially for mid-level employees. This is due, in part, to the ever changing employee level goals and targets. When it seems in reach, it get farther away. Hard to get things done across business lines.

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