Is CME Group a good company to work for?

CME Group has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,726 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at CME Group to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about CME Group have been left by employees working as Intern , Software Engineer(Internship) and Intern - Hourly .

Does CME Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CME Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CME Group. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CME Group?

74% of CME Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CME Group 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CME Group?

Software Engineer (81) , Intern (62) , Senior Software Engineer (54) , Director (47) , Manager (33) , Analyst (25) , Software Engineer(Internship) (22) , Business Analyst (14) , Intern - Hourly (14) , Software Developer (14) , Consultant (13) , Executive Director (13) , Lead Software Engineer (13) , QA Analyst (12) , Product Manager (11)

What are the pros of working at CME Group according to real employee reviews?

"good benefits in terms of health insurance and retirement plans" ((in 148 reviews)); "great people to work with" ((in 145 reviews)); "Good work life balance and WFH policy" ((in 137 reviews)); "good culture and events such as the runs" ((in 76 reviews)); "Pay was good for the industry" ((in 60 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CME Group according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management, and no accountability." ((in 62 reviews)); "managers are promoted because they are great at their jobs and have industry expertise however, they receive no guidance on how to treat the staff they are responsible for." ((in 31 reviews)); "Uninspiring and inauthentic senior management more concerned with their golden handcuffs than their people and challenging the status quo." ((in 24 reviews)); "Layoffs are frequent." ((in 18 reviews)); "Too much bureaucracy, difficult upper management that are very outdated in their view of work." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about CME Group layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CME Group layoffs and their outlook for job security at CME Group in 2026.

What are the top reviewed CME Group locations?

Chicago , New York , Parsippany , Champaign , Princeton , Aurora , Naperville , Chicago , Parlin , Randolph , Carol Stream , Geneva , Mount Prospect , Oak Lawn , Roselle , Wheaton , Washington , Auburn , Los Angeles , Stamford , Atlanta , Covington , Chicago Heights , Webster Groves , Israel

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CME Group reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,325 total reviews)

Terry Duffy

78% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Senior management

3.5

Career opportunities

CME Group has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,325 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

Mar 20, 2016

Safe choice

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

You have to be strongly motivated and have to use a lot of energy to drive change and create value. The truth that is that you will not get a much higher financial reward if you work at improving things than if you spend the year "floating".

Cons

Company tries to give an image that it is changing, which would be greatly needed to gain in agility and effectiveness, the they change the base and not the leadership. They kept the same senior management which spend its time building their mini empire, focused on their personal gain rather than the company and their team without incentive to take risk to change and improve efficiency and effectiveness... Promotions and growth is still driven by the size of your organization and therefore stacking people without value creation....

3.0

Mar 19, 2016

Great work but..

Lead software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

work is exciting if you love financial industry pay you well

Cons

No standard followed in promotions, some teams promotions are very common while others you are stuck in same position for years and finally end up leaving. You can never compare two people in the same title here, money saving is the primary goal these days and can see a great company loosing its shine. This company used to be in best 100 companies for years. I cant think this is going to happen in the future middle management keeps changing and new managers have no idea what kind of work their employees are doing. work life balance is mostly in paper, also varies with managers even in same department.

4.0

Mar 15, 2016

Great place to learn an interesting business, hard to move up the ladder though.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Gained great exposure across the company within my role, and amongst our customer base. Was apart of exciting tasks and projects and the fast pace kept me on my toes. Worked with a great team and felt appreciated for my work and effort that I put in.

Cons

Upward advancement can be tough depending on where you are in the company, along with dealing with lots of politics and cliques amongst divisions and colleagues. Some people's behavior reminded me of high school. If you can avoid the drama as much as possible, your day will flow much smoother.

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