used to be a very good place to work - Director CME Group Employee Review

4.0
11 Feb 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good environment, best exchange, largest exchange, pays well, lots of products, grown well, good stock price, smart people, very deadicated people

Cons

structured, more political than it used to be 4 years ago, top heavy, integration issues, technology division does not operate uniformly, QA problems are solved by throwing more people, too much manual testing, useless directors

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5.0
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Pros

good pay, interesting work, good people

Cons

very very little work life balance

3.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong engineering culture with exposure to large-scale financial systems, distributed architecture, and production-critical platforms. Good opportunities to learn modern cloud, performance, and reliability engineering.

Cons

Bureaucracy and internal politics can sometimes outweigh technical merit. Employees who take ownership or challenge inefficiencies may face delayed recognition, unclear growth paths, and shifting expectations, leading to frustration and disengagement over time.

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