Is CME Group a good company to work for?

CME Group has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,725 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 (61) , 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 work life balance with and comfortable pay for being in Chicago." ((in 144 reviews)); "great people to work with" ((in 142 reviews)); "good benefits in terms of health insurance and retirement plans" ((in 128 reviews)); "good culture and events such as the runs" ((in 72 reviews)); "Pay is good compared to banks but not at all compared to tech firms" ((in 64 reviews))

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

"Poor management, and no accountability." ((in 65 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 30 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 ((in 17 reviews)); "Too much bureaucracy, difficult upper management that are very outdated in their view of work." ((in 15 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

(1,324 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 1,324 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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1K reviews

3.0

Mar 7, 2015

The company is fine. Boring. Safe. Easy to join and easy to leave.

Investigator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance, relaxed atmosphere, good benefits and pay, strict 8-5: staying late is unheard of. The job is easy to relax in and collect a paycheck without doing much work

Cons

The company feels complacent. It is a monopoly basically in the futures industry. Very little drive to streamline or improve processes. Virtually no communication between departments. Little advancement opportunity, management is old and entrenched. Days become boring for lack of work. Only good for those without real ambition. Actively discourages ambition and dynamism.

4.0

Mar 4, 2015

Great individuals and fun work environment. Cost cutting and focus on winning back marketshare became overbearing.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some very capable and intelligent people. Very interesting work if you're dedicated in having a career in commodities.

Cons

Too much bureaucracy. Almost felt like I was working in government.

4.0

Mar 2, 2015

Lots to like - worked in IT

Information technology

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good compensation, especially in good years. Clear communications about corporate goals, ethics, and corporate-wide responsibilities. Excellent opportunities for learning many current topics at the survey level. Consistently hired competent people that were a pleasure to work with. Some managers really did value employees.

Cons

Most kinds of in-depth training that cost money were no longer funded (but still does offer tuition refund program for accredited degree-seeking programs). Got laid off. Work/life balance ultimately just empty words with continual cost-cutting measures, new ways we were supposed to be more efficient/productive, off-shoring, and applications still in production that we were no longer supposed to support - were we just supposed to "just say No"?

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