Don't bother if you're not in the USA - Director CME Group Employee Review

2.0
22 Jun 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Market leader -- for now Reasonable pay

Cons

Insular, Midwestern Bureaucratic; rigidly siloed and resistant to change Old-fashioned Inadequate performance management process Bloated middle management

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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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