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 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Intercontinental Exchange?

49% 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 (39) , 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 (16) , 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 131 reviews)); "You will learn a lot about the industry and our clients over time at IDC. Benefits are good." ((in 125 reviews)); "Good work life balance which is nice." ((in 101 reviews)); "Good culture and process is good" ((in 75 reviews)); "Pay is good unless the pay structure is changed on you in December which has been typical the past 2 years." ((in 71 reviews))

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

"bad management to utilize the employees" ((in 108 reviews)); "No work from home avalible" ((in 45 reviews)); "Products/teams/scope/responsibilities are distributed between remaining managers with no change in pay/title which cause them to start thinking about departing next." ((in 32 reviews)); "1. Poor Leadership." ((in 25 reviews)); "Long hours and drawn" ((in 22 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 are the top reviewed Intercontinental Exchange locations?

New York , Atlanta , Jacksonville , Pleasanton , Chicago , Bedford , Provo , Phoenix , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Albany , Omaha , Jersey City , White Plains , Boston , Washington , Irvine , Hayward , Marietta , Sandy Springs , Poland , El Segundo , San Mateo , Overland Park , Jacksonville Beach , New Bedford , Edison , Birmingham , Richmond , Kansas City

Intercontinental Exchange reviews

3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(1,948 total reviews)

Jeffrey C. Sprecher

55% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Intercontinental Exchange has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,948 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Mar 22, 2017

Good compensation, but too much politics

Software development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Great compensation (base + cash bonus + equity award), especially for more recent hires * Conveniently-located, recently-updated, well-protected office in the historic building * Small gift handouts from listing companies

Cons

* Toxic company culture and values with much finger-pointing and brown-nosing * Stale technology stack with not much automation and slowly-moving SDLC * High level of technical debt and significant production support load * Poor work-life balance with absolutely no telecommuting

1.0

Feb 26, 2017

Uninteresting and sub-par

Senior qa engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good location, if you live north of 128. Made some good friends who have been working there for a long time.

Cons

Was never a great company to begin with. Most people blame the horrible ICE acquisition, I only feel it made matters worse. Managers/ directors tried to be Frank Underwood from House of Cards (and not in a cool way). Very hard not to lose motivation. Colleagues were good people personally but this work environment brought out their worst! Avoid this company at all costs unless you happen to live in the area and are too proud to collect unemployment.

2.0

Oct 6, 2016

A great place to bury your aspiration

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work with smart people. Efficiency is valued. Company is doing well and employees benefit as shareholders.

Cons

Few at the top have done well for themselves, no room down the hierarchy for growth. non-existant Work Life Balance. Pay is not competitive. Has its own unique culture and allows only "certain type" to grow.

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