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      Fastmarkets reviews

      3.4

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (206 total reviews)
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      Raju Daswani

      72% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Senior management

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      Fastmarkets has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 206 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fastmarkets employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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      206 reviews
      5.0
      May 5, 2026

      A company full of nice and intelligent people

      Senior price reporter
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are lots of really intelligent, enthusiastic, and curious people at Fastmarkets. They are often generous with their time and their expertise (which can be sector leading). This is a very good starting place for a new reporter. Fastmarkets has a strong reputation in many of the markets it covers meaning reporters have access to many of the key players in the industry being covered. There are also chances to expand past reporting to commercial or analytics, if that catches ones' fancy. A good place to start a commodity career or to progress as a reporter. Work life balance is exceedingly good and the London office is pleasant and well run. Benefits (except salary) are extremely competitive.

      Cons

      Salary is not competitive with similar companies. Seemingly some problems with staff retention. A perceived lack of career opportunities. Promotions are exceedingly rare in editorial which can lead to intense and sometimes unprofessional competition and hard feelings. Few formal professional learning and development schemes catered to reporters.

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      Fastmarkets Response
      3w
      Thank you for taking the time to share such thoughtful and detailed feedback about your experience at Fastmarkets. We’re pleased to hear that you value the expertise, collaboration, and curiosity of our teams, as well as the opportunities to build a strong foundation in commodities journalism while developing broader industry knowledge and skills. It’s also great to know that our work-life balance, office environment, and benefits have contributed positively to your experience. We appreciate your candid feedback regarding salary competitiveness, career progression, and professional development opportunities. We conduct annual pay reviews to help ensure compensation remains aligned with market benchmarks, and we continuously review how we can stay competitive across the regions and functions in which we operate. Career growth and internal mobility are also important priorities for us. We aim to ensure that opportunities across the business are openly advertised so employees can explore different career paths and continue developing within Fastmarkets. In addition, we encourage employees to take ownership of their Personal Development Plans in partnership with their managers, helping to support both career progression and personal development. We also recognise the importance of structured learning and development opportunities across all teams and are continuing to evolve our approach in this area. Thank you again for your contribution and thoughtful insights, feedback like this plays an important role in helping us continue improving the employee experience.
      4.0
      Apr 28, 2026

      Learning opportunities are strong, but cost-cutting concerns exist

      Economist
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of learning opportunities, great line managers

      Cons

      Cost-cutting measures seem a little myopic

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      Fastmarkets Response
      1mo
      Thank you for your thoughtful feedback and for your contributions over the past few years. We’re pleased to hear that you’ve benefited from strong learning opportunities and supportive line management, both are areas we remain committed to developing. We also appreciate your perspective on cost management. While some measures may feel short-term, they are part of a broader, considered approach aimed at supporting the long-term health and sustainability of the business. We continuously review these decisions to ensure we’re balancing financial discipline with future growth. Thank you again for taking the time to share your experience.
      2.0
      Apr 25, 2026

      Rapidly declining workplace morale under private equity's control

      Reporter
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      disappearing rapidly. all the old reasons to work here are being stripped away

      Cons

      The company was bought by private equity, who set unreasonable growth goals as an excuse to not pay out bonuses or give raises anymore. Fastmarkets' CEO has become obsessed with the former CEO of a competitor, who singlehandedly destroyed the competitor's standing in the markets (they lost all their crude benchmarks due to his poor leadership). But for some reason the current Fastmarkets CEO has overlooked all that and slavishly does whatever the retired CEO recommends. Which seems to be triple all the pricing and drive away all the customers (just like at his old company!) while making the company a worse place to work every day. The desperation is obviously growing internally as the company is stripping itself clean like a chicken bone to fake higher and higher profits every quarter, and employees are given more punitive administrative tasks every month to prove they are providing value. Goals change suddenly without warning, and employees are expected to meet rising goals even while not being allowed to attend industry events because of budget cuts. One year I watched the marketing team have total turnover 3 times in a single year, leading to very chaotic conference events. Sales is given ever-higher goals in completely saturated markets, making it impossible to succeed. At one meeting the sales team bragged about its growth by saying the oldest employee had been there for 60 days - a fact that should be raising alarm bells instead of praise. Pay rates are chaotic and unfair, with younger and less experienced workers sometimes making up to 50% more than longer-term employees. Do not settle for an offer here less than $105k because that is what they are paying new market reporters with hardly any experience - and you will need higher income to offset the risk of joining this company. Fastmarkets is a ticking time bomb for the private equity to strip it and sell it for parts, which means no more jobs for anyone.

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      Fastmarkets Response
      1mo
      Response from Raju Daswani, CEO, Fastmarkets Thank you for sharing your perspective. I recognise that periods of significant change can feel unsettling, particularly when expectations evolve quickly, and I want to respond personally. Fastmarkets is being led with a clear, long term view: to build a resilient, high quality, market leading business. As part of that, I deliberately seek input from experienced advisors — both from within and outside our sector — who have led organisations through growth, disruption and transformation. We do this to learn broadly: from successes, from mistakes, and from contrasting experiences. That diversity of perspective strengthens our judgement and helps us avoid repeating the errors others have made. And while we have grown significantly over the last few years and have newer team members, we have many team members with 15-20 years’ experience and more! Operating in highly competitive markets requires tough decisions around pricing, investment and priorities. Those decisions are not about short term optics, nor are they driven by any single external influence. They are grounded in protecting the long term integrity of our benchmarks, delivering value to customers, and ensuring Fastmarkets continues to thrive as a business with a future. That said, feedback like this is important. Even when I disagree with the framing, it highlights where we must do better — particularly in how clearly we explain change, how consistently we set expectations, and how well we connect decisions to long term opportunity for our people as well as the company. I appreciate you taking the time to share your views. Raju Daswani Chief Executive Officer Fastmarkets
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