Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,262 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 8,262 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Jun 8, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary. Nice building. Friendly colleagues (for the most part). Free snacks. Open communication.

Cons

You don't know what the REAL project requirements are until they are 3 days from due. Have to work with stupid financial market conventions that make no sense. The code written here is terrible, and nobody have the time to police it.

4.0
Jun 6, 2012

Big organisation with an entrepreneurial mindset

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good take-home salary - Open door policy (no one has a room of his/her own) - all managers, team members are easy to approach - Out-of-the box solutions are encouraged and respected - Company does a yearly Summer Picnic (which is good fun if you have a family and kids) - The company has a lot of crebility in the financial circles so you get listened to - Recently made good progress on developing Career Paths (but its still very early) - Good philanthropy & community building efforts - Good training programs

Cons

- Although there is free food, a lot of it is junk - All new hires are treated as if they were fresh grads which is annoying for experienced professionals - Career path is still vague for more than 90% of the roles ... everyone usually ends up wanting to go into sales - Although the compensation is good, the increaments are really poor for certain groups, like data teams ... there is a clear divide between teams when it comes to increaments ... also there is no discussion about your increament, you either take it or shut up and take it - working hours are 10 hours a day - Employee Evaluations are archaic and sometimes dont even matter in your progress/compensation - Middle Managers are not very good, when it comes to distributing work loads, fighting for your compensations, etc ... although they deny it, there is a huge case of favorism with some managers

1.0
Jun 6, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Its all about looks here. Everything in the company is shiny and bright. -Perks used to be very good but most of them have been removed

Cons

-Almost no growth potential. -Impossible to get into management unless you are blessed by folks who have been there for over 20 years. -No work life balance. You will have to take support calls after midnight, about 2-3 times a week. -The skills you acquire here are of very little use outside. -Join only if you are very political and want to work there more than 2 decades.

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