Good place to work - Anonymous employee CME Group Employee Review

4.0
2 Mar 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

One has the opportunity to work with hard-working and smart individuals. The nature of CME's business dictates exposure to many different aspects of the financial industry.

Cons

The tendency to hire outside talent for high-level positions is disconcerting and underscores a lack of in-house career advancement and development. Also, politicking can get annoying.

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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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