Good company but no career progression - Anonymous employee CME Group Employee Review

2.0
4 Feb 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Quite a good company to work for. The people are lovely and the company is definitely going places.

Cons

People aren't promoted on their skills or the fact that they have developed as an employee. When staff are ready for promotion a lot of them are not promoted because there's 'no room in the business'. It's got absolutely nothing to do with their skill at all.

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- 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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