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 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Nasdaq?

76% 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 (60) , 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 (17) , Summer Intern (16) , Software Developer Specialist (14)

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

"Benefits are good" ((in 142 reviews)); "People are great and supportive" ((in 135 reviews)); "Good company and values work life balance" ((in 120 reviews)); "paced work environment / great colleagues" ((in 65 reviews)); "Work culture is Great and the Events are great too" ((in 38 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 47 reviews)); "low pay and grow slowly" ((in 40 reviews)); "The company is also keen on diversity in senior management." ((in 16 reviews)); "Long hours and hard work but it's ok" ((in 14 reviews)); "Old technology ." ((in 12 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.

Nasdaq reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,410 total reviews)

Adena Friedman

87% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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Nasdaq has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,410 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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1K reviews

1.0

Nov 22, 2021

Selfish and greedy management

Senior developer specialist

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

You will learn the actual definition of leaders and boss.

Cons

Management is thankless, lots of politics, reorganisations are done to take credit of employees work and get mangers promoted keeping employees struggling. Those who don't want to work gets into management and evaluate those who actually work.

1.0

Nov 21, 2021

Working environment

Senior specialist

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

good salary, branch value, ok benefit

Cons

unfriendly work environment, using bad words to comment about other's code such as terrible, strange.....

1.0

Nov 5, 2021

Toxic toxic environment

Index portfolio manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Select products and good clients carry the index business

Cons

Toxic environment that undervalues top contributors and withholds opportunity from “non-favorites”

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