An interesting place to work - Anonymous employee CME Group Employee Review

3.0
6 Feb 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots to do and learn Good salary

Cons

Inability to get promoted in recent years A very political and caustic atmosphere Flattened org recently has reduced the ability to take on more Nearly impossible to make decisions and make impacting changes even at Exec Dir level and sometimes even at Sr MD Because of all of this, many good people have left the company and other good candidates are staying away

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Cons

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Pros

Strong engineering culture with exposure to large-scale financial systems, distributed architecture, and production-critical platforms. Good opportunities to learn modern cloud, performance, and reliability engineering.

Cons

Bureaucracy and internal politics can sometimes outweigh technical merit. Employees who take ownership or challenge inefficiencies may face delayed recognition, unclear growth paths, and shifting expectations, leading to frustration and disengagement over time.

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