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

1.0
May 11, 2022
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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 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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