Nasdaq reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,403 total reviews)
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Adena Friedman

89% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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 Financeiro industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Feb 9, 2017

Not All Departments Are Created Equally.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

6% 1:1 401k. 10% Salary ESPP @ 15% discount.

Cons

Regardless of the fact that many technology departments work together and are required to have overlapping skill sets, Nasdaq would rather retain only individuals they deem necessary to their bottom line or have big mouths. Junior/entry level hires are better off looking elsewhere for similar compensation while actually being allowed to have a life outside of work. Management expects you to work to meet deadlines without any initial input from employees about the fairness or even possibility of attaining such a deadline.

2.0
Oct 25, 2016

Need to move into the 21st Century

Anonymous employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

Successful company with smart Senior Leadership. Lots of potential (if you are given the chance) pay is decent and great health benefits. Hire good people. Solid successful company. Spends money wisely if not a bit too frugally.

Cons

Doesn't have the infrastructure in place to support their continued growth. Working on it but not there yet. Doggy dog "old school hierarchical culture ". Highly competitive-don't encourage team work there is a lot of "I" and not enough "we". Most of the. VP group ( EVP, AVP, SVP AND VP) always looking to point out each other's deficiencies or their departments perceived errors or mistakes. Runs too lean and proud of it. Everything in writing to cover themselves. Too much paperwork and back and forth to get things done.

2.0
Feb 5, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great office location, very good health insurance.

Cons

You mostly need soft skills to get promoted / better pay here. As for technical skills, as long as your product works somehow, nobody cares. Infamous myCareer framework praised by local HR is used as an excuse not to promote people ("here is something you don't match yet, and yes, we won't let you work on it"). At the same time, softly skilled people easily bypass those checks. Essentially, you are at the mercy of your manager to be promoted or not. New hires area generally made for the pretty high level in the career ladder (because pay for the lower level is truly ridiculous), but beware of existing employees who were denied promotion to the same level from within :) Extremely noisy office (though there are a few quieter areas). Skilled people are leaving the company as fast as they can (considering the current job market situation in Au), pretty mediocre people are hired instead. Very few people were fired during last years for not doing their job properly, so once you are hired your job is safe :)

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Thank you for your feedback. Nasdaq is committed to providing a career framework for each employees development.
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