Senior Software Engineer - Senior Software Engineer CME Group Employee Review

3.0
Apr 30, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good work-life balance & benefits. Agile environment with independence among teams and individuals. Good salary with bonuses. Great place for learning about financial derivatives. Individual initiative is well received.

Cons

Too much bureocracy with understaffed operations team. Slow career development. Not very exciting technology-wise.

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CME Group Response
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Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re glad to hear you’re having a positive experience across so many dimensions of the employee experience. With respect to your other comments, technology is the largest division at the company, employing roughly 40% of our workforce. Given the key role technology plays in developing our business around the world, we’re focused on keeping CME Group on the cutting edge and continue to invest in enhancing our systems and developing new solutions for our clients.

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