Good people; Murky Career Progression Plans - Anonymous employee Nasdaq Employee Review

3.0
8 Jul 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I work in the Corporate Solutions division and overall the people from a mid-management level on down are decent, hard-working people who do their jobs well and help each other out. Not a ton of pass the buck here--everyone works hard and exhibits professionalism. Salary is decent and the products are interesting, especially the ones the company is investing in. Nasdaq is an interesting company that embraces innovation in its products.

Cons

Any talk of helping employees at the professional level to progress and move up within the company seems to be more lip service than something really put into practice. The employees sometime seem like an afterthought to profit margins rather than an asset that helps drive the company's success with clients. There is also a constant reshuffling of role definitions that results in a lot of confusion about who does what now and leads to client (and employee) frustration.

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Nasdaq Response
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We are happy to provide an update that we have recently created and rolled out a career framework – which does exactly what you mentioned – clarify roles and assist employees in creating and developing their career path at Nasdaq. It is a globally consistent framework, with career families, levels and positions descriptions that are clearly defined and transparent to all employees. It makes it easier for employees to map out a career path and identify learning experiences that will develop the skills they need for career advancement. This framework took 3 years to create and rollout, and we are now onto the next phase, which is applying the framework to our people programs and processes. As a result, we have been able to enhance our learning programs, such as our Mentoring Program, Competency , Project Management Programs and other Leadership Development programs, whose main focus in growing or improving the competencies and experience for our employees across the organization. Please feel free to reach out to your local HR Business Partner or Talent Management team.

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