Inside CME - Anonymous employee CME Group Employee Review

4.0
Apr 16, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working with cutting edge technology on challenging projects. Never being complacent and always being on your toes. Customers Mean Everything!

Cons

Too much politics and favoritism. People are more interested in oneupmanship than actually getting any work done. Hard work should be recognized and rewarded appropriately.

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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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