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Intercontinental Exchange

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Hostile environment and unprofessional team culture; Working here is Psychological Torture - Anonymous employee Intercontinental Exchange Employee Review

1.0
Mar 3, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Comparatively attractive STARTING compensation package - They throw some money like we throw peanuts to monkeys in zoo but remember they still think you are a MONKEY! Stock bonus for director or above and their close aide. If you have skills to find innocents in order to induce self-destruction, harassment and mutual backstabbing, you have definitely come to the right place. Cafeteria and coffee

Cons

ICE used to be a good place to work but it has been going downhill recently and no cool factor anymore. The company has grown out of bounds and executive management has no access to the true facts of the projects, and employees. There is no loyalty to employees. They will dump you for doing nothing wrong if it fits their agenda no matter who you are. Management makes tons of errors and will blame the lower rank. It’s all about control and power over others here. Non meritorious boot licking unprofessional culture. Office politics and distrust among team members makes you feel sick everyday go to work. Everyone's afraid of losing job. Close minded and no good communication between departments and coworkers. The boss or his/her close aide will decide which meeting to attend and he will respond on your behalf and will demo your hard work to execute management and eat the credit. Management make promise after promise after promise but after your hard work all you get is blank stares and shrugged shoulders. Zero work life balance. You are considered as a machine rather than a human being. Work from home is ONLY acceptable during after hours and weekend. The company have created a bad internal culture which makes career advancement nearly impossible, no matter how talented you are. If you looking for a place long term this is not it. Unless you are a robot stay away. This company caused me major stress to work for which spilled into my life. I would often be abused close to tears. This is the worst company i have ever worked for. One last thing HR works to protect the company. Seek HR or senior management advice only if you decided to quit job.

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Cons

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