Bloomberg reviews

* Software engineers are "resources", machines that need to do ten different things literally at the same time. * Each engineer is supposed to be developer, full on QA, devops, Deployment into prod, First-line support, Second/third line engineering maintenance/bug fixing, while at the same time front-loading the design of the next round of features. * Bloomberg's secret motto is this - recruit them young, right out of universities, inculcate these "bloomberg values" (all of the above) on unsuspecting first-time engineers and have a loyal team-lead (who by the way has been promoted after putting in like 6-7 such "labor" years without quitting at Bbg) who shepherds this herd to the diktats of the Manager above him. * Each scrum group has atleast one person that conducts 2-3 interviews per week but they barely hire new engineers, resulting in each scrum group spending a *lot* of extra hours. Working at home after the day, in the evening/night is expected. * Btw, did i mention that the Engineer is also the "Operations group" in addition to all responsibilities? So, yes, one week every month you are on the on-call list for production issues. Yes, the console team can call you anytime, 3AM in the morning - not their fault though. (ofcourse this depends on different teams - some teams might have a separate group) * I have rarely seen happy people on these floors. Everyone is so tensed all the time,like they have the burden of the entire universe on them. See some ppl slightly happier in the floor that has snacks..well, good they provide free snacks, great. * Work env - rows and rows of desks with ppl in each others faces all the times, no privacy for a minute. Imagine a call center in other countries - little worse here at Bbg. God knows how can Engineers write code in this env but ppl still manage. * This is not a place for senior engineers - they are micro-managed exactly the same way as the junior engineers resulting in a lot of frustration. * Having said the above - a lot depends on the group you land in. Just one advice to anyone thinking of joining here - meet the entire team before you take the decision - typically the ppl that interview you are not the ones that you end up working with.

Let's be clear: nobody wants to work in the Analytics department, not even the people who work there. Either they are trying to use it as a stepping stone for another department or for another company all together. Moving into sales is not as easy as they make it sound, unless you speak German or French; otherwise forget about it. The turnover in the department is very high with about 1 or 2 people quitting on a weekly basis. They are being celebrated like they've escaped prison. The micro management is extremely high, many other reviews have gone into this in a lot of detail. The more senior management doesn't care what's going on as long as the numbers turn out in their favour and they can pat themselves on the back. That people get depressions working there is insignificant as long as the statistics in Europe are better than in the US. After a few months of working there, you learn how to manipulate the numbers in your favour and then management tweaks them even more. If you show that you want something too much, you won't get it. They might promise you to move into a different department and then revert on that position last minute. You're supposed to get a pay rise when you become an "advanced specialist" but that doesn't always happen and the reasons are arbitrary or don't exist. Most of the management is in this department for the money. With their skill set, they would only get half their salary in the outside world, so they opted to become "Bloombots". Whoever wrote that job description should get a price. Greatest piece of fiction I have read in a long time.