Does Knight Capital pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Knight Capital employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Knight Capital. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Knight Capital?

49% of Knight Capital employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Knight Capital 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Knight Capital?

Assistant Vice President (6) , Director (3) , Associate Programmer Analyst (2) , Intern (2) , Managing Director (2) , Sales and Trading Intern (2)

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

"Good people to work with" ((in 10 reviews)); "Good benefits: Health, 401K" ((in 6 reviews)); "it was good if the management spent more time to interact with employees" ((in 5 reviews)); "Easy work environment, dedicated and talented people" ((in 3 reviews)); "Decent work/life balance" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Knight Capital according to real employee reviews?

"Reckless upper management destroyed the company." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Knight Capital redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Knight Capital redundancy and their outlook for job security at Knight Capital in 2026.

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

Knight Capital

Acquired by KCG

Knight Capital Reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

Tom Joyce

87% approve of CEO

14% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.3

Culture and values

3.1

Senior management

3.1

Career opportunities

2.3

Diversity and inclusion

Knight Capital has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Knight Capital employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

54 reviews

5.0

10 Oct 2024

Associate

Compensation manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great people, leadership, and culture

Cons

None to share at this time

5.0

20 Nov 2018

Knight capital

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Hard working team fast pace

Cons

Firing all over short staff

5.0

30 June 2016

Internship in Knight

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good working environment, everyone in here is willing to help you to have a better understanding about the company. Each Thursday we have a tea time, everyone has fun and motive you to work hard in next week.

Cons

I reakky don't think there is a downside, if you let me say this, may be is there are so many restaurants aroun the company, you may get fat.

Viewing 1 - 3 of 54 Reviews

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Moody's

3.6★Compensation and benefits