Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,275 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 8,275 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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3.0
Aug 2, 2014

Overall a great company but with some horror departments

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Pros

Bloomberg generally looks after its employees - free food, exciting offices and not stingy on the perks. Colleagues tend to help each out and the culture that has been built makes you feel part of something bigger. Strict 8-6 working hours is cool but a bit weird when every day at 7:59 and 6:01 there is a huge crowd at the doors looking to enter/leave the building.

Cons

You are generally expected to do whatever the company needs at the time, which makes for depressing career prospects if you don't love sales and the prospect of moving around (including to regional offices). Though the company as a whole has a good vibe, there are some areas that are absolutely terrible. London ADSK was easily the worst experience of my working career. Even though you're not expected to stay in that kind of help desk role forever, when your only out is basically sales (another department that leaves a lot to be desired) you don't have much choice but to take advantage of the unlimited snacks, strict 8-6 hours and switch off after work and look for another job.

1.0
Jul 21, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

good salary for new graduates

Cons

no career growth, every team working on 2 -3 functions, people's knowledge of finance is limited in small area, so it will be very hard to get job from other finance company like investment bank, hedge fund if you stay in Bloomberg for too long time. The tech Bloomberg use is very old, it's extremely difficult to find a job in high tech company if you stay in Bloomberg for more than 3 years.

3.0
Jul 20, 2014
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Pros

- Gave me a chance although I didn't have much on my CV, beyond a university degree. - Full of clever people (do they hire anything other than Oxbridge students?) who are passionate about the energy industry and the challenges of moving to a low carbon future. - Very busy work environment - you're unlikely to get bored. - Part of the Bloomberg group and all the perks that go with it (nice office, a lot of media exposure, etc)

Cons

- Salaries are generally low and tailored to the type of people they hire ie, not very experienced. Staff turnover is quite high as most people leave after 2-3 year stints in the company. - The business has essentially stalled since its acquisition by Bloomberg in late 2009 owing to a very difficult environment (oversupplied European carbon market, focus away from climate change issues, etc). Don't expect great pay rises every year. - BNEF is sometimes biased about low carbon energy and keeps talking up the market - not always justified in my view. A lot of "predictions" for carbon price that we made over the years have proven wildly wrong.

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