Does Flow Traders pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Flow Traders employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Flow Traders. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Flow Traders?

66% of Flow Traders employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Flow Traders 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Flow Traders?

Trader (34) , Software Engineer (25) , Junior Trader (7) , C++ Software Engineer (5) , Trading Operations Engineer (5) , Operations Analyst (4) , Senior Software Engineer (4) , Software Developer (4) , Engineer (3) , Operations Specialist (3) , Senior Trader (3) , Trade Support Engineer (3) , Administrative Assistant (2) , Anonymous (2) , Business Development (2)

What are the pros of working at Flow Traders according to real employee reviews?

"Great and inspiring people." ((in 22 reviews)); "The whole company is very close and the culture is very entrepreneurial." ((in 21 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((in 10 reviews)); "Good benefits and fun corporate events" ((in 8 reviews)); "Amazing team, learning curve is high" ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Flow Traders according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management and poor continued learning" ((in 15 reviews)); "High expectation, high work load, low bonus" ((in 11 reviews)); "Below average pay" ((in 8 reviews)); "Even if you do not leave, for senior positions, the combination of base salary + bonus does not reach the level of the basic salary of most of other companies (that do not have nasty non compete clauses), so the more you stay the more you lose." ((in 7 reviews)); "The upper management does not care about the soldiers who fight the fire everyday." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Flow Traders layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Flow Traders locations?

New York , Walnut Creek , Boston , Alabama

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Flow Traders reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(200 total reviews)

Mike Kuehnel

88% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Flow Traders has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 200 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Flow Traders 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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Reviews by job title

200 reviews

2.0

Jul 18, 2022

Management needs an overhaul

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, free breakfast and lunches. Environment beneficial for self-starters who wants good broad exposure to the world of electronic market making.

Cons

Quality of management have deteriorated over the years with lack of foresight in business strategy resulting in some real bad decisions and bad publicity in the press. Compensation is lagging behind the market especially with the current inflationary pressure and both management / HR are adamant on any changes. There is probably due to the lack of experience and ignorance of the labour market.

1.0

Jan 8, 2021

Mostly maintenance work and testing. Good work life balance.

C++ software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good work life balance - Free food/drinks in the office

Cons

- Work quality depends highly on the team you're in. In some teams, you're only given maintenance work and testing, rather than any big projects in C++. - Too much micro-management & Bureaucracy. And it keeps on increasing day by day with bad decisions from management. - Software engineers are treated as second class citizens. You don't get a say in lot of decisions that only impacts you. - Terrible focus on developer productivity. Because of lot of bureaucracy and micro-management, your productivity is quite low. - Priority keeps on changing constantly. So, you waste almost half the time just doing context switching instead of actual dev work. - Unless you're extremely lucky, Learning curve becomes stagnant within 1.5 years.

3.0

Jun 20, 2018

Always hiring means someone is also leaving

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun environment in the office

Cons

High employee turnover in the office

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