Too many politics, not collaborative work environment - Anonymous employee CME Group Employee Review

2.0
Apr 13, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent work environment, as of the location, the building, some people are very friendly.

Cons

There are too many politics in the company. No collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity, which is so important to software evolution. The environment is very hostile to change, to new innovative idea.

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