Does Intercontinental Exchange pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Intercontinental Exchange employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Intercontinental Exchange. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Intercontinental Exchange?

48% of Intercontinental Exchange employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Intercontinental Exchange 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Intercontinental Exchange?

Analyst (65) , Senior Software Engineer (65) , Software Engineer (47) , Manager (38) , Director (33) , Business Analyst (27) , Client Support Specialist (23) , Data Researcher I (23) , Sales (20) , Software Developer (19) , Product Manager (18) , Senior Developer (18) , Systems Engineer (17) , Engineer (15) , Data Researcher (14)

What are the pros of working at Intercontinental Exchange according to real employee reviews?

"Some people you meet and work with here are great and very smart" ((in 133 reviews)); "You will learn a lot about the industry and our clients over time at IDC. Benefits are good." ((in 128 reviews)); "Good work life balance which is nice." ((in 97 reviews)); "Good pay if you go in as a director and you get share options every year" ((in 76 reviews)); "Good culture and process is good" ((in 73 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Intercontinental Exchange according to real employee reviews?

"bad management to utilize the employees" ((in 116 reviews)); "Low salary; about £25k less than the average salary for a Lead Developer in London." ((in 54 reviews)); "No work from home avalible" ((in 41 reviews)); "Some managers have egos and just plainly do not know how to manage." ((in 34 reviews)); "Long hours and drawn" ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about Intercontinental Exchange layoffs in 2026?

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

What Intercontinental Exchange locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Albany , Omaha , San Francisco , Los Angeles

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3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(1,937 total reviews)

Jeffrey C. Sprecher

55% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.0

Career opportunities

2.9

Culture & values

2.7

Senior management

Intercontinental Exchange has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,937 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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2.0

Feb 10, 2015

Extremely political environment in technology

Technology

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Pros

Great small product management, dev and qa teams working together to make great products. Interactions within and between teams were friendly and professional. People in these teams are extremely knowledgeable and intelligent.

Cons

The pros are before the CDS Clearing House came under new technology management for both US and EU. Tech management now sows discord amongst teams and makes up lies about people. Micro-manages everything while knowing nothing. A classic functional narcissist. Also picks favorites regardless of performance and punishes any ideas outside of his "vision". Intra and inter-team cooperation was at an all time low when I left.

2.0

Feb 10, 2015

Poor management from the top down

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Modern offices with state of the art infrastructure; pantry with free snacks; a great learning opportunity as management allows anyone to do anything (regardless of their experience); decent benefits; great employees

Cons

Terrible management; low base pay with next to no yearly increase; equity offered to try and prevent turnover (vests over 3 years); people take on more than they can handle, resulting in botched outcomes; very cheap and always trying to save a buck when they can, regardless of the impact

1.0

Nov 5, 2024

employees are not humans

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Company offers good benefits BUT...

Cons

...with good benefits comes the company thinking they own you. They outright refuse to allow people to work from home, despite people successfully and productively doing so for YEARS starting in 2020. If you live in a city with an office, they want you in it so they can monitor you. Don't bother requesting to work from home, no matter what: elder care, health concern, ADA, FMLA, whatever. You aren't a human, you are a replaceable cog in the machine and ICE's property.

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