Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,238 total reviews)
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Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

85% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Bloomberg has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,238 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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8K reviews
1.0
Sep 22, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Location (New York, NY). Free snacks and fruits at the pantry. Perceived brand value in the job market. Networking with other people. The finance courses (most of them taught by Stuart Veale).

Cons

If you are a person who likes to be an independent contributor, technologically focused and be given some free reign on your projects -- actually, I'll go out on a limb to say that if you are a decent programmer, who expects a disciplined approach to programming (most of the code is haphazard and difficult to maintain) -- this company may not be for you. Bloomberg has a lot of ridiculous bottlenecks that would make any sane programmer cry with agony. I'm not understating this, you can get the hints from all the reviews up there before mine (at the same time, I'm surprised at some of the 4 and 5 ratings here!). These bottlenecks/annoyances are not just in your day-to-day development, but while you are in the building too. The badge-in/badge-out, the security making rounds around the office who stop you and sternly ask to wear your badge -- even while you are just going to get a coffee in the damn pantry (I've had to literally go back to my desk to get it), I encourage you to visit the premises talk to existing employees beforehand and get an idea of what you are getting into. No proper cafeteria area to eat your food -- the running joke was that the bigwigs expect you to eat at your desk and thus you will be around your desk to be called upon by your manager/peer during that time. You might end up in teams (from what I've learnt, this is most of them) where there is rampant micromanagement (including hints dropped about you expected to work on weekends/late hours to make an arbitrarily set, extremely tight deadline -- even for internal projects) I believe that the "thought worker" who takes pride in his/her work can't thrive in cultures [sic] like Bloomberg

1.0
Aug 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice colleagues, they usually hire the nicest people they can get, which makes the environment bearable Canteen is "OK", with loads of different options ( 90% very fatty, thou ) Good exposure to the financial market

Cons

Middle management has absolutely NO CLUE on how to manage people or knowledge of the best practices in the industry Irritating micro-management Lack of genuine interest for employee's growth - HR simply don't care The best thing you can learn going through the chaotic documentation is how NOT TO document anything People are encouraged to take long working hours, producing LOADS of poor quality output. Meritocracy doesn't really exist there - people are promoted for their looks and their ability to procrastinate on real issues

1.0
Jul 9, 2023

Worst Decision

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free Unhealthy Snacks Good Annual Leave Policy

Cons

Still adhering to the outdated Victorian model of factory management, the company maintains an excessively high level of micromanagement. The seating arrangement is deliberately designed to ensure constant visibility of employees' screens by managers. Despite promoting environmental consciousness with slogans like "Save the Planet" and "Go Green," the company insists on employees commuting to work daily, resulting in fuel consumption. The weekly one-on-one meetings with managers are more of a source of torment than actual assistance. Managers and team leaders diligently monitor daily assignments and perform quality control, which unfortunately means that exemplary performance goes unrewarded, while even the smallest mistakes result in intense scrutiny. Salaries offered by the company are notably low, and the development of transferable skills is virtually nonexistent. Consequently, it becomes increasingly challenging to explore external job opportunities with the limited skill set acquired at Bloomberg. Moreover, the presence of numerous inept individuals, unintentionally confined to their positions, who lack awareness of the outside world, further exacerbates the company's issues. As a consequence, the company experiences a distressingly high attrition rate.

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