The CEO is disconnected from employees - Software Engineer CME Group Employee Review

1.0
May 11, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Team members are mostly nice

Cons

First of all, it is so sad to see many of 5-star reviews that look simply suspicious. There have been literally no single person I met across the company, are happy with what happened to them and the company. The latest is the recent news about the CEO's $22+ million compensation last year, almost doubled from 2019, while the company suspended all promotions, hiring, salary raise for two years, and finally very few got low single digits % of salary increase in early 2022. Such a robbery.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

good pay, interesting work, good people

Cons

very very little work life balance

3.0
May 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Friendly working environment. - Slow-paced and relaxed. - Opportunity to work on high-impact financial software. Quite useful if you want to get into a trading firm later on.

Cons

- Limited skill growth capability (tools are severely locked down, etc) - Work life balance can be shaky sometimes since systems fail after 5pm, weekend, etc. - Documentation is terribly organized. - Not enough focus on engineering culture. Overall probably not the best place to stick around if you like exploring new skills, building from the ground up, taking ownership etc.

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