Lead System Engineer - Anonymous employee CME Group Employee Review

3.0
23 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary, stock options, bonus, location, work/life balance (for the most part) challenging environment, knowledgeable colleagues, technology, industry, global economy importance

Cons

Uncertainty of future employment with layoffs and it's offshoring work. Political, bureaucratic, feels like communication is on as you need to know basis.

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Cons

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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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