This Company Does Not Deserve You - Software Engineer CME Group Employee Review

1.0
5 Oct 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing at all. Maybe just that it teaches you to develop a thick skin for all the mental trauma this job puts you through.

Cons

- this company is cheap, treats tech as a cost instead of a profit maker - change management meetings are like in being in front of a tribunal. I should never have been asked to justify my changes in them as an entry level college grad, much less attend those meetings - I was entry level, paid 80K, and worked 50 hour weeks with additional hours for on call, which was way under market value for the work I was doing - my manager was a kiss up, punch down kind of guy, never protected me, said Yes to too many commitments on behalf of the team

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5.0
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Pros

good pay, interesting work, good people

Cons

very very little work life balance

3.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
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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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