Great company but slow moving - Anonymous employee CME Group Employee Review

4.0
Jun 11, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

CME is one of the industry giants. If you are at all interested in exchange and clearing business this is one of the most interesting places to be. Great place to learn about the business and work with different technologies. Many dedicated, hard working, and knowledgeable people.

Cons

While company has very good track record executing on large scale projects its record on smaller initiatives is far from stellar. Things that should take days often take months. Decision making process is slow and many projects take long time to complete because of lack of commitment. Company is still very siloed.

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- Limited skill growth capability (tools are severely locked down, etc) - Work life balance can be shaky sometimes since systems fail after 5pm, weekend, etc. - Documentation is terribly organized. - Not enough focus on engineering culture. Overall probably not the best place to stick around if you like exploring new skills, building from the ground up, taking ownership etc.

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