Culture Needs To Change - Anonymous employee CME Group Employee Review

3.0
Apr 29, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting work and good overall benefits

Cons

C suite seems out of touch with the lives employees lead. CEO’s communication often sounds angry and many comments made that are disrespectful to employees go unaddressed. Recently top management seems to be growing increasingly detached from real issues people face including why work life balance and flex scheduling is crucial and leads to savings for employees, greater ability to focus on work since each person’s schedule will be optimal for them, and increased productivity. Very old school mentalities spread industry wide. This will continue to pose issues for working parents, new hires with competing offers, any employee who has come to value flexibility, and for talent retention. Feedback is requested frequently after meetings but it is anyone’s guess what anyone does with that feedback as there is often no follow up or addressing of issues raised. Pay needs to be more competitive and some cost cutting needs to be reevaluated so company can invest in its employees.

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