Is CME Group a good company to work for?

CME Group has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,725 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 , Software Engineer(Internship) and Intern - Hourly .

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?

"great people to work with" ((in 148 reviews)); "Good work life balance and WFH policy" ((in 144 reviews)); "good benefits in terms of health insurance and retirement plans" ((in 140 reviews)); "good culture and events such as the runs" ((in 73 reviews)); "Pay was good for the industry" ((in 64 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 32 reviews)); "Uninspiring and inauthentic senior management more concerned with their golden handcuffs than their people and challenging the status quo." ((in 27 reviews)); "Too much bureaucracy, difficult upper management that are very outdated in their view of work." ((in 15 reviews)); "Layoffs are frequent." ((in 14 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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4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,324 total reviews)

Terry Duffy

78% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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CME Group has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,324 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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1.0

Nov 3, 2016

Toxic working culture

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Flexible working hours, work remotely is possible, good supply of resources, well known brand name so there's not much of any sell

Cons

Lack of professional risk management (or any kind of management) systems, promotions are not based on performance but on "change in scope of work" so no reward for doing a good job but promotes nepotism & backstabbing.

2.0

Feb 4, 2016

Good company but no career progression

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Quite a good company to work for. The people are lovely and the company is definitely going places.

Cons

People aren't promoted on their skills or the fact that they have developed as an employee. When staff are ready for promotion a lot of them are not promoted because there's 'no room in the business'. It's got absolutely nothing to do with their skill at all.

1.0

May 31, 2012

Awful leadership, incompetent management, very little finance/capital markets knowledge

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Pros

Good vacation time and health benefits. Well-known name. Good internship experience as you will learn how to read/understand U.S. public company financial statements.

Cons

Unrealized potential from junior employees because of inflated egos on the senior management side. Leadership on the operations side is completely and utterly incompetent. A very demeaning and frustrating envronment to work in. Junior Managers are absolutely inept and have barely any financial/capital markets knowledge beyond repeating key words, which they may have heard from an even more inept director in a self-fulfilling and meaningless meeting; all as a result of a constant state of fear from senior management. Constant culture of lying to clients out of fear from internal retribution from specific directors; unethical, complete breakdown in communication, hiding/lying/back-stabbing and overall in desperate need of a rigorous cleaning up of management structure.

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