Interactive Data Reviews

Pros

Professional work environment. Employees care about customers, products, and each other. Great opportunities to learn about fixed income markets from some of the leading experts. Good work life balance. Non-political environment. Customer and product focus. Excellent benefits.

Cons

Relatively flat organization for career advancement.

Advice to Senior Management

Place more focus on empowering your employees.

Pros

Relax environment and people there are generally nice to work along side with.

Cons

pay is below market and no room for growth. It was actually a better company before we were taken over by the Private Equity company. After that, Management only cares about revenue, frugal spending and they stop caring about their employees. The new Upper Management have fired a lot of people who've been there for 10 plus years and hire new people on the cheap. If you do get moved around or promoted, theres no pay or very little increase and the bonus is really bad, no clear structure.

Advice to Senior Management

Start caring about your employees and realize how unhappy everyone is with the new people in charge.

Pros

Interesting industry and company
Nice benefits

Cons

Very political
Too many competing fiefdoms

Pros

The only reason to work here is if you can't get hired at another market data provider or Wall Street firm.

Cons

Current senior management has little knowledge of the various businesses and even less respect for the people that work there. They foster an environment that encourages back-stabbing and politics versus being the best.

Advice to Senior Management

Go find other jobs.

Pros

No micro-management, interesting business area, relaxed environment

Cons

New leadership lacks communication. There are two disconnected camps of engineers: those who build and support the production systems, and those who experiment/build unknown pie-in-the-sky solutions. There's very little communication between the two camps.

No communication from the new upper management. Who is Mason Slain and his folks. No one really knows.

Advice to Senior Management

Talk to us.

Pros

Very family-oriented. Not much room for advancement. Managers are fair, but resources are very tight given that it was taken over by private equity

Cons

Pay is very bad. No discretionary bonus structure. Pay is not very competitive at all. Hiring practices are very slow and tedious.

Advice to Senior Management

Very family-oriented. Not much room for advancement. Managers are fair, but resources are very tight given that it was taken over by private equity

Pros

Knowledgeable people to work with, great products and services.

Cons

Lack of communications within business units

Pros

Flexible work schedule at times

Cons

no place to move up, no recognition for great work done

Advice to Senior Management

get a clue

Pros

This company provides a good foundation in learning about data delivery services. They will recognize and promote those who show ability to handle greater responsibilities.

Cons

Ever since we have been acquired by a private equity company the focus has been too revenue driven and less focused on the quality of our work. I would like to see it return to a business more concerned with creating a quality and satisfactory product.

Pros

Free water, great location and relaxed atmosphere. Great if you want a boring 9-5 job with no growth opportunity.

Cons

Free unhealthy drinks, BORING and REPETITIVE WORK.
I was full of hope and gave it my all, accomplishing the "impossible" getting promoted twice from one limited position to another with my pay not reflecting my talent.
The relaxed atmosphere due to most employees and management having no sense of what is going on. Most are too scared to find out so they remain contempt with the garbage given to them.
Interns BE CAREFUL, not a good place to get your foot in the door. You will be stuck doing simple data entry and not learning much about finance.

Advice to Senior Management

I am glad I finally got fed up with the place and expressed it to you.