Quantity over Quality, no room for individual thinkers - Anonymous employee CME Group Employee Review

1.0
2 Feb 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary, smart people, fairly flexible.

Cons

After the last couple reorgs the company has basically turned into "do as I say". Opinions, individual thoughts, and alternative solutions are no longer welcome at CME. It's a shame a company that promoted and thrived on innovation has completely thrown that out the window. Every single person I know fears for their job. It's not a healthy place to work.

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