Is CME Group a good company to work for?

CME Group has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,726 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at CME Group to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about CME Group have been left by employees working as Intern , Intern - Hourly and Software Engineer(Internship) .

Does CME Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CME Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CME Group. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CME Group?

74% of CME Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CME Group 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CME Group?

Software Engineer (81) , Intern (62) , Senior Software Engineer (54) , Director (47) , Manager (33) , Analyst (25) , Software Engineer(Internship) (22) , Business Analyst (14) , Intern - Hourly (14) , Software Developer (14) , Consultant (13) , Executive Director (13) , Lead Software Engineer (13) , QA Analyst (12) , Product Manager (11)

What are the pros of working at CME Group according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and WFH policy" ((in 144 reviews)); "good benefits in terms of health insurance and retirement plans" ((in 142 reviews)); "great people to work with" ((in 140 reviews)); "Pay was good for the industry" ((in 64 reviews)); "Good salary with bonuses." ((in 46 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CME Group according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management, and no accountability." ((in 64 reviews)); "managers are promoted because they are great at their jobs and have industry expertise however, they receive no guidance on how to treat the staff they are responsible for." ((in 29 reviews)); "Uninspiring and inauthentic senior management more concerned with their golden handcuffs than their people and challenging the status quo." ((in 25 reviews)); "Layoffs are frequent." ((in 17 reviews)); "Too much bureaucracy, difficult upper management that are very outdated in their view of work." ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about CME Group layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CME Group layoffs and their outlook for job security at CME Group in 2026.

What are the top reviewed CME Group locations?

Chicago , New York , Parsippany , Champaign , Princeton , Aurora , Naperville , Chicago , Parlin , Randolph , Carol Stream , Geneva , Mount Prospect , Oak Lawn , Roselle , Wheaton , Washington , Auburn , Los Angeles , Stamford , Atlanta , Covington , Chicago Heights , Webster Groves , Israel

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CME Group reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,325 total reviews)

Terry Duffy

78% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Senior management

3.5

Career opportunities

CME Group has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,325 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CME Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

Mar 19, 2019

Lot of politics, no work ethics

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not anything particularly good about this company

Cons

Misselling of Job, hiring managers interview for some role and give you something else on joining. Lot and lots of politics No proper work ethics People get promoted on the basis of relationship with Managers and senior management and not their work.

5.0

Mar 13, 2019

Good employer with work life balance

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance and very friendly workplace

Cons

Not much progression, flat structure

1.0

Mar 7, 2019

Avoid this department

Market surveillance analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Ok compensation and benefits -The office is nice -Opportunities for civic engagement -Good hours when fully staffed

Cons

-Highly toxic work environment -High turnover in NY Surveillance Dept (4-5 departures in 2018 alone) -Work is bland and uninteresting -Training, unless being conducted remotely from Chicago Surveillance, is very disorganized -Favoritism on an epic proportion -Outright bullying for all to see -Arbitrary terminations -Lack of diversity, no underrepresented minorities, and doing nothing to fix it

CME Group Response

We actively promote our Compliance & Ethics helpline as a way for employees to raise concerns and for the company to investigate reports received. We hope that you used this forum during your time with us. We assure you that termination decisions are not arbitrary and are never made in isolation. We follow an established approach with various approval steps when considering such actions. With respect to your comments about diversity and inclusion, the company continues to invest more and more resources in this area. We are very proud that two of our seven employee network groups are focused on serving our African American and Hispanic colleagues. We also continue to engage with our peers in the Financial Services Pipeline to increase African-American and Hispanic representation within the financial services sector.

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