Is Nasdaq a good company to work for?

Nasdaq has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,692 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at Nasdaq to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Nasdaq have been left by employees working as Intern , Software Engineer and Analyst .

Does Nasdaq pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Nasdaq employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Nasdaq. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Nasdaq?

77% of Nasdaq employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Nasdaq 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Nasdaq?

Software Engineer (59) , Senior Software Engineer (57) , Analyst (56) , Intern (43) , Software Developer (32) , Business Analyst (26) , Director (26) , Senior Software Developer (21) , Senior Analyst (20) , Advisory Analyst (19) , Project Manager (19) , Manager (18) , Specialist (16) , Summer Intern (16) , Software Developer Specialist (14)

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

"Great Benefits and the name will make any sale easier" ((in 138 reviews)); "People are great and supportive" ((in 123 reviews)); "Good company and values work life balance" ((in 113 reviews)); "paced work environment / great colleagues" ((in 55 reviews)); "4. Good work culture and lots of fun events" ((in 36 reviews))

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

"low salary and a lot of work for a short period of time" ((in 42 reviews)); "low pay and grow slowly" ((in 39 reviews)); "Mediocre senior management, hard to get promotion without sucking up" ((in 16 reviews)); "Long hours and hard work but it's ok" ((in 13 reviews)); "Who wants to work in a place with no training budget and managers who speak to employees in a condescending and insulting manner." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Nasdaq layoffs in 2026?

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

What Nasdaq locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Washington , Atlanta , Philadelphia , Greensboro , Denver , New York , Rockville , Chicago , Boston

Nasdaq reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,403 total reviews)

Adena Friedman

89% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

Nasdaq has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,403 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

May 22, 2018

Program Manager

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are okay and moderate health plan. Ability to become familiar with a lot of the startups.

Cons

Terrible management. Management by fear. No respect for employees and always made to feel expendable. Very "stab people in the back to get ahead culture"

Nasdaq Response

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Thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback, and I am very sorry that this was your experience at Nasdaq. I am disheartened to hear this was your experience of our culture and workplace, as we have a zero tolerance policy for this type of behavior. We want to encourage all employees to reach out to their HRBP or our SpeakUp! Program in order to resolve these issues as they arise. We appreciate your candid advice to management in order to help us address these problems moving forward. If you would like to share any additional feedback, please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly at Cassidy.Burke@nasdaq.com.

1.0

Nov 2, 2017

Bureaucracy & office politics ruins the culture

Product designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great work/life balance - Salary and benefits were pretty good - Gained some valuable experience

Cons

- Colleagues that were part of the "drinking circle" with the bosses got preferential treatment - Office politics plays a major role in getting things done, which is very frustrating - Some managers hire women & POC to brag about being diverse but don't give any support when they are hired

1.0

Jul 8, 2016

Shockingly bad

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Brand name, good bonuses. Able to take 6am calls from home.

Cons

No culture. Old technology. Terrible senior/middle management. Terrible products. Shaky acquisitions. Zero innovation. Offshoring everything to India. Little concept of product development, basic budgeting, or rudimentary technology concepts. Entire company is inundated with endless amounts of red tape and paperwork after their Facebook debacle. (all while supposedly switching to Agile Development?) It was like being sent back in-time to 1990. Their new "next gen" product IR Insight is a complete disaster thanks to the leadership on the project. They spent 3 years and millions of dollars to have a legacy team, build a legacy product, with legacy technology. Nobody is held accountable because the former Reuters employees cover for each other. This is a stock-exchange, pretending to be a regular company, pretending to be a technology company.

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