Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,278 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 8,278 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
Dec 22, 2021

No work life balance

Recommend
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Pros

Medical benefits, HR policies and guides, Onboarding process are top notch. Great brand in your resume. Compensation is good. Work with smart people through the company.

Cons

No work life balance despite that there are a lot of activities and talk within the company on mental wellness, taking time off but at the end of the day, the workload and managers can be demanding. There would be underlying stress and judgment from managers. Colleagues can be challenging to work with, talk over teammates to get oneself recognized in a positive light despite the work and effort done is minimal. Most managers do not have what it takes to lead, they talk and position themselves well at the expense of the minions who are doing the work.

4.0
Dec 20, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Job security - company does great during economic turmoil - Very good culture, supportive environment (helping each other) - Company runs training and mentoring for non-engineering roles, encouraging and supporting internal moves into software eng - Continuous learning - internal meetups, mentoring programs, text and video materials and courses/classes and managers are mostly supporting it - A lot of talented people that try to share knowledge - Internal meetups for enthusiasts of various topics such astesting, design, your fav language, etc. - People stick around more than in other big tech, you can see quite a lot of very experienced engineers around - Very good compensation (not as good as FANGs, but still above market) - Transfer to the USA is possible (most likely New York HQ) - Easy to change team/role - No levels - you are either engineer (entry) or senior engineer (experienced) - Heterogeneous technology stack (you'll find your niche) - If you like C++ - they are good and respected in the field - No cut-throat atmosphere among peers - I've seen a lot of support provided for struggling individuals - We used to be allowed to work from any office (before the pandemic); some were using it for travelling around the world with family - For those who are allowed to work from home - it was pretty generous before the pandemic (unofficial limits were pretty generous) - Flexible working arrangements (4-day work weeks) - Free snacks (not meals) - Company is present in many industries, so it has more diversity and opportunity to change career path than FANGs - No overtime, death marches, weekend assignments etc. - Opportunities to do social work, such as teaching maths or reading at local school - Backend is Linux and mostly open source

Cons

- 9 hours work day - A lot of legacy C++ applications with nasty workflows - Terminal frontend is JavaScript, but it's not a JavaScript that will count in other frontend roles (proprietary tooling) - Recent obsession with standardization on Visual Studio Code - Windows "workstations" to write UNIX software (being fair: MacBooks are pretty popular as well). - Some areas are political and with nasty backstabbing - Most interesting stuff happens in the US - Easy to sleepwalk into a dead end if you are not proactive about your career - Benefits somewhat poor compared to other tech companies - No free healthy food - just junk food - Compensation does not match FANG big-tech companies; Bloomberg is not a public company and does not grant stock; cash bonuses do not compensate for lack of RSUs - Too many experienced and valuable contributors move to FANG, replaced by fresh undergrads; nothing against fresh undergrads, but healthy proportions should be maintained. - Recruitment process still relies on external suppliers, providing poor first impression for candidates - No levels - if you are into chasing promotion to L5 or something - Compensation progression is not clear and depends on your manager support and politics; - Situation and culture in non-engineering departments not so great

2.0
Oct 22, 2021

Very Alpha Male

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learned a lot about business and high level marketing.

Cons

Exhausting. The best was never good enough. Never recognized for the work and contribution to the company or team.

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