Lots to like - worked in IT - Information Technology CME Group Employee Review

4.0
Mar 2, 2015
Recommend
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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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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 12, 2026
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Pros

- Friendly working environment. - Slow-paced and relaxed. - Opportunity to work on high-impact financial software. Quite useful if you want to get into a trading firm later on.

Cons

- Limited skill growth capability (tools are severely locked down, etc) - Work life balance can be shaky sometimes since systems fail after 5pm, weekend, etc. - Documentation is terribly organized. - Not enough focus on engineering culture. Overall probably not the best place to stick around if you like exploring new skills, building from the ground up, taking ownership etc.

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