Instinet Reviews

3.7

62% would recommend to a friend

(118 total reviews)

Fumiki Kondo

73% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Instinet has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 118 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Instinet employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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118 reviews
1.0
25 May 2014

Stay Away!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice environment, good NYC location.

Cons

Extremely cheap company, they are running Lotus Notes from ancient pre-historic days. No one wants to spent any money. And if you want a raise, all you have to do is go to another company! If you have other choices in your career, I advise you to stay away from this company.

3.0
26 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fast paced, impressive techology, leading the way

Cons

Company was in turnaround, low morale after many rounds of lay-offs

5.0
20 May 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The work life balance is good, I never felt too stressed or pressured to come in on weekends or work late, although I often did because of the volume of work. The complexity of the work however, is not an issue Angel lane (Nomura building) is nice, it has a decent gym (Nuffield) and good facilitates and services e.g. on site GP, dentist, canteen etc Access to Nomura led events and opportunities Nice views of the city, located right on the Thames

Cons

The work can be boring it's not really a challenge, however, there is a lot of volume questionable management, no real leadership and direction, its so hard to move things forward because they are very much stuck in their ways CEO(Adam Toms) is a ghost, you see him twice a year - once at the xmas party and the other at the townhall no real scope for advancement and promotion, dont come here if you want to climb the ladder or bring new and fresh ideas, only come if you are happy to stay in your position and learn as much as you can in order to move on or are happy to stay until retirement. People are generally good to work with, but everyone seems to suffer the same frustrations in regards to the lack of managerial skills for the management. The firm suffers massively from a lack of diversity Do not get your hopes up in terms of compensation, work on being "friendly" with the executive that way you'll be well remunerated, also helps if you are white. Didnt like the open floor plan of the whole company

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