Not Great, Not Terrible. - Software Engineer CME Group Employee Review

3.0
May 29, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

A good place to learn the trade. You will be exposed to a variety of technologies in a relaxed environment. Environment is faster paced than Apple or a Credit card company, but slower than a prop shop or Mozilla. Quarterly feature rollouts with bi-weekly prod deployments. Good Benefits including: Pension, 401k 6% match, Dental, Medical with Wellness, Vision (covers sunglasses too), Tuition Reimbursement 100%, Onsite Gym, Pet Insurance, Life Insurance, D&D Insurance (Short and Long term), Credit Monitoring and Bonus (Cash + RSU). Ability to also buy RSUs at discount. Excellence awards (1-off cash bonus) exist, but are rare.

Cons

Limit opportunities for advancement unless you find the right manager. Manager with low recognition will get no promotion chits, bonus share or RSUs to distribute down to their employees regardless of actual employee performance. If you are split between a people and project manager, expect an average review with average bonus and no RSUs regardless of effort. Reviews are secretive and peer based with little transparency other than the telephone game from your manager. There is also something called calibration, which is a round table of all managers fighting for promotion slot against others.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

good pay, interesting work, good people

Cons

very very little work life balance

3.0
May 25, 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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