Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,270 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 8,270 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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1.0
Oct 20, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

the pay and the name.

Cons

very mediocre employees, no guts. This isn't sell side, this isn't buy side. It's just back-office. A lot of churn for new employees in the company, the lifers there obviously are just clocking the hours. Also I might add way too many indians and asians in the technology area. Hard to get communicate through their thick accent sometimes.

3.0
Sep 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits package. Relatively easier to get a job than in other city firms.

Cons

Flat organisational structure. Limited opportunities for promotion. No senior titles. One can get promoted only to TL level and then to head of the department, which is quite unlikely. Many people who get promoted to TL level come from different departments and have no expert knowledge to guide and practically help you in the first year or so (well, they catch up in about a year under high work pressure). Pay increase is miserable. New recruits get more money than someone who worked for years. New recruits are enticed with competitive starting salary, but it rarely increases beyond inflation rate in the following years unless you get promoted to TL level. There is trivial difference in pay increase for stars and good performers. Not enough financial stimulus to deliver outstanding job. Global data is one of the worst departments in the company in terms of pay vs. work hours.

2.0
Aug 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good introductory training - Opportunity for further training - Opportunity to advance relatively quickly into new roles - Some very intelligent/knowledgeable colleagues - Free Bloomberg Anywhere

Cons

- High percentage of colleagues are incompetent - Management induce a condescending culture and treat employees like children - Management seemingly spend countless hours devising new methods to irritate employees - Leadership roles are only offered to people who have no words in their vocabulary beyond 'yes, of course I can do that for you'... regardless of how ridiculous suggested request may be - Management bend over backwards for the sake of rigid, poorly designed metrics regardless on the impact of quality of service - Promotions are not remunerated immediately, you must await a pay review - Pay reviews are based on poorly designed metrics - Pay is extremely opaque for a firm that prides itself on transparency

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