Quitting this job was the best decision I've ever made
Pros
Benefits are great, company holiday party is awesome
Cons
First of all, let me say that Bloomberg Intelligence management got my first review deleted, so that should tell you something. They are trying to silence people and hide the truth, which is exactly what they did on a day-to-day basis while I was there. Below is the review: ---- Bloomberg Intelligence management is clueless, offensive, and could careless about morale. The second in command at the department was inappropriate on many occasions. Absolutely terrible, unless you stroked his ego. Pay was terrible. Loads of mind games. Management lied about raises (e.g. "you're getting a 5% raise", but what really happened is they took the guaranteed bonus away and added half of it to your base, which actually decreased the total comp.). Some management asked straight up prohibited questions about medical histories, medications, etc. One friend of mine (who also quit) was a foreigner and was more or less held hostage by Bloomberg's sponsoring of his/her employment visa. He/she was paid nearly 30,000 less than the associates that worked beneath him/her. At one point, an email was sent around saying that we would have to work outside our normal 8-6 hours to get work done if we wanted to be considered "satisfactory". One higher up employee tried to fight against it, but was silenced. Very very poor room for growth. As Bloomberg is news, research, sales, and software, the best shot at a higher paying position within the company is to transfer outside of your skill area. All the recruiters I spoke to said the same thing. Further, the BI product is getting taken into a very bad place. Every potential employer I appealed to when trying to make my exit told me that Bloomberg was the reason I wasn't hired. Expect to be criticized: your shoes, your pants, the type of shirt you wear, your hair style, and FORGET ABOUT IT if you're a woman. Management's treatment of women in the department was disgusting. When I was there, only 15% of the entire NY department were women. Management will decide they don't like you, and make up reasons for why your performance is poor to push you out. My manager was a nearly 20 year veteran of the company, that had already previously been demoted. If you voice a concern, he would tell me why I'm wrong, rather than actually trying to listen. Voicing a concern or a workplace problem actually would subject you to discipline. Think thought police. In the short time I worked at Bloomberg Intelligence, no fewer than 25 people quit in the New York office, and there were only 75 to begin with. Management told me this was "normal". Management tried to control associates from hanging out together and from talking to one another. I was used to asking coworkers "hey, how was your weekend" on Monday mornings, but was told this was inappropriate. I actually got spoken to by senior management who told me that discussing our personal lives was prohibited. Meanwhile, managers sent around birth announcements weekly. Me and several former coworkers would literally cry to one another about the abuse and plain lack of care or concern for us that took place. If you like low self-esteem, getting paid half of what your worth, and working over time just to quality as "satisfactory", then by all means take this job. I was plainly told that management doesn't care if you're happy at the job. It's not their problem.