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 4% 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?

"You will learn a lot about the industry and our clients over time at IDC. Benefits are good." ((in 133 reviews)); "Some people you meet and work with here are great and very smart" ((in 130 reviews)); "Good work life balance which is nice." ((in 104 reviews)); "Good culture and process is good" ((in 75 reviews)); "Good pay if you go in as a director and you get share options every year" ((in 71 reviews))

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

"bad management to utilize the employees" ((in 112 reviews)); "Low salary; about £25k less than the average salary for a Lead Developer in London." ((in 56 reviews)); "No work from home." ((in 49 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 33 reviews)); "1. Poor Leadership." ((in 27 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?

Curitiba , Rio de Janeiro , Niterói

Intercontinental Exchange reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(1,942 total reviews)

Jeffrey C. Sprecher

55% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Intercontinental Exchange has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,942 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 Financeiro industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

May 13, 2019

ICE takeover and it goes downhill from here.

Analyst

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

I've worked with great people who unfortunately get layoff after the mergers or annual large layoffs.

Cons

I've been part of ICE multiple times from different companies they have purchased and it just always gets worst. You lose your better benefits, PTO days, etc. They just expect you the fix the mess they made by buying all these companies. I'm not sure how the DOJ & FTC let them get away with it as they are becoming a conglomerate.

2.0

Apr 18, 2019

Soulless

Engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are above normal.

Cons

It makes you feel like you are part of a soulless machine beholden to Capitalism. I observed the attitude towards customers to be a transactional game of how little can we cooperate with the customer. While this company operates in a highly regulated industry, it also has a monopoly in many parts of it and charges accordingly for some of its less regulated offerings. There is also a lot of internal warfare between a number of departments. E.g. sales will sell the operational teams short to keep their commissions and the operational teams will withhold information to combat this. Also the various product teams appear to work in silos and will do all they can to avoid helping other ones more than they have to.

1.0

Jun 26, 2018

Stressfull

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Very active and very intense environment.

Cons

Not too much opportunity for growth.

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Jobs at Intercontinental Exchange

Property Data Operations Associate

Client Support Specialist II

Communications Specialist