Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,268 total reviews)
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Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

84% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Bloomberg has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,268 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bloomberg employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Jan 15, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice building, nice fish, free snacks, good benefits, socially conscious, stable job.

Cons

There are those that love it and I can only speak from my own experience, what you find will vary greatly from team to team. What I found is absolutely no career path or advancement potential of any kind for technical people, You are a "programmer bee" and that's the extent of what the company wants/expects from you. Much of the work is tedious and menial, there's a fanatical dedication to proprietary tools and methods (which as an experienced senior hire I really wasn't impressed by), no project management, poor planning. It's a stifling, oppressive place that cripples all their best, most creative people. R&D is a massive sweatshop that relies on an constant stream of incoming H1Bs and fresh college grads they can get to before they learn anything that might make them attractive to another company. All in all I'd say that if you're an experienced programmer with skills in legacy systems, or a recent college grad that can't find work, or you need the stability and benefits to support your family then it might be worth it.

2.0
Jan 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

+Stable/safe company with exceptional benefits +Good place to learn and start your career

Cons

-Mandatory, long hours for busy work (8a - 6p); lots of posturing -Arrogant upper management: everyone is interchangeable and no employee has unique value= low job satisfaction and high turn over -Micro management culture, managing to the lowest common denominator via inept 'leaders' -Highly bureaucratic organization with lots of meetings, red tape and lack of independent thinking -Extremely competitive, high pressure environment with too much in-fighting and politics and too little pay off

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