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

(1,944 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 1,944 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).

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2K reviews

1.0

Apr 20, 2019

Steer Away

Lead developer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Brand name on profile. Nothing else

Cons

The company's hire management is not bothered about your work-life balance and don't care how much workload you are handling. Company policy is to overload you with tons of work and expect you to work late to get work done, Working late is not an exception but a norm here. Folks tend to stay late to make an impression to there managers and are suitable rewarded. If you have kids and elderly's to take care of at home, God save you from the wrath of your manager. Company decided to remove equity part from packages retroactively. It's like you work for one month and at the end of the month you are told - "Oh btw, we are only going to pay for 20 days instead of 30 days". What's amazing is NO ONE raised there voice to oppose the decision. ICE surely knows how to suppress any aggression or opposition. You are literally on the mercy of manager and most resort to buttering and worshipping. To their credit these tact's work very well.

3.0

Jul 25, 2018

The Company is

Network analyst

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Fortune 500 company. Many technologies to learn. Easy way to make money doing essentially nothing.

Cons

No run for growth. The company is forgetting what made them the company they are. No work life balance. Discrimination from management in New York. Completely terrible company after purchasing NYSE.

2.0

Jun 11, 2018

Sales - Bad and getting worse, lost the will to innovate

Sales executive

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is good unless the pay structure is changed on you in December which has been typical the past 2 years.

Cons

Managers showing up at your desk asking "is this going to close" without asking any help. Having to be responsible to sell a plethora of services without the firm even getting you set up for logins to said services. No work from home although if you are tight with the bosses you don't have to show up Fridays in the summer with little to no questions asked. Massive layoffs without reason. If it's truly a sales job, the numbers for everyone are posted every month I'd suggest letting the bottom 5% go every quarter instead of literally taking performers willy nilly because they may not fit in with your office politics and buddy scheme. The products are lacking as well. Look at ICE's most recent earnings specifically data services growth and it was flat YoY not allowing for inflation so technically down in a business they are supposedly investing heavily in.

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