CME Group reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,322 total reviews)
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Terry Duffy

78% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

CME Group has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,322 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CME Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jun 22, 2016

Sr. Software Engineer

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Pros

Compensation and benefits (needs to be at least 5 words and that's a stretch for pros).

Cons

No security, extremely demanding environment, high expectations with little support, and I repeat, NO SECURITY. All they care about is profitability. Staff with tenure are treated as liabilities, can't push them out the door fast enough.

1.0
Feb 26, 2016

Like Rats on a Sinking Ship

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Pros

World renowned organization that is vital to the economic infrastructure of our country.

Cons

Management is disconnected to their destruction and downfall of this once great, 100+ year old institution. Some one's pride was hurt when a shoe-in Asian deal didn't go to the CME as expected and CME's downfall began. They are 12 years too late to the outsourcing game, hiding it as another CME office and will fail miserably!

2.0
Oct 19, 2015

Pays to be with the "in" crowd

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Pros

Compensation is competitive. Name brand will help you with your next job. Some very smart and thoughtful people still work there.

Cons

Used to be a cool place brimming with energetic and capable people. Now people do the bare minimum to not get fired. A lot of folks don't even care and want the axe provided they get a package. Morale at an all time low. Politics rule here. Lot of folks advance by whisper campaigning (bad mouthing) their internal competition or by playing golf with management. Or just by saying yes. PMO a joke. Top guys have a stunning lack of vision and leadership skills. Hire yes men and hope for the best. Shocked many still work at the company. Detractors or folks who voice an alternate view are let go or demoted. Losing best talent and not recognizing good talent is common practice for missed opportunities. Many legacy exec directors are holdovers that wouldn't be marketable anywhere else. Lack of focus on business process gives it that 90s feel where emails and outdated spreadsheets run amok. Many unhappy folks in leadership affects productivity. What happened? And now offshoring most of IT and eventually Operations? Good move (sic). That'll keep talent here. This last Strategy scheme will undo a lot of good built by rank and file that put the CME where it is. And will impact quality. Oh yeah quality ... forget it. The argument is that we can outsource for $25/hr so do it twice and we're still ahead. Ask for a profile of recent hires vs recent departures. Any noticeable trends? Seriously.

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