National Futures Association Reviews
Updated Jan 12, 2021
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Approve of CEO
Tom Sexton
59 Ratings
Pros
"Love the company culture and work life balance as well" (in 75 reviews)
"The company also provides great benefits to its employees" (in 22 reviews)
Cons
"Office Politics (Need to brown nose to get promoted or get a good review)" (in 7 reviews)
"Majority of upper management have been working there for their entire career lives" (in 7 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Pros
work and life are balanced
Cons
pay rate is lower than the market
"Awesome place to work"
I have been working at National Futures Association full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
NFA has the best work life balance at any company I have ever worked at.
Cons
Not too many I can think of.
"Great place to start or end your career, but not much in between"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at National Futures Association full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Flexible work conditions, civil office environment, room for advancement/internal transfer
Cons
Bottlenecks at certain levels, lack of awareness of how to use staff skills/education
Continue readingPros
Training is provided on a periodic basis.
Cons
Reading a lot of documents.
Pros
Great learning experience, and feels like you are doing something good. Love the company culture and work life balance as well.
Cons
Very specific industry, so not for everybody, and comes with a lot of training.
"Great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at National Futures Association full-time
Pros
Great benefits, opportunity to travel, employee focused culture
Cons
Work load can be tough to manage if you fall behind
"Good, not great."
I have been working at National Futures Association full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
They do a lot of things well.
Cons
They could work on some things.
Continue reading"Awesome place to start a career"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at National Futures Association full-time for less than a year
Pros
Lots of training Friendly and considerate coworkers Opportunities for growth Partial tuition reimbursement
Cons
Not to do with the company but it is a really difficult industry to understand if you don't have a finance background but they have enough training to get you oriented.
Pros
-Flexible work schedule -Interesting work -Good benefits
Cons
-Old technology that isn't adapted with the times
"Very grateful to be a part of this awesome company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at National Futures Association full-time for less than a year
Pros
-Great benefits -Flexible working schedule -Very reasonable workweeks (75hrs every 2 weeks) -Friendly co-workers and management -Low-pressure environment
Cons
-Relatively slow to adapt to newer technology
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