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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3.0
Jan 10, 2013
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Pros

I was an analytics representative at Bloomberg. Bloomberg spends a lot of time and money to train you on key fundamentals of finance, from equities, fixed income, fx/commodities, and economics. the amount I learned in the short amount of time was much more than I expected. Great place to get a knowledge base and learn a software widely used in the financial sector. Good place to go into sales, as well, but with the finance industry staggering, Bloomberg's sales are reflecting this negative turn (which affects bonuses)

Cons

Bloomberg has a great atmosphere with free food, cool office decor, expensive summer parties and occasionally free catered food in the office. Though this was great, and despite having excellent benefits and 401k package, the base salary was very average (for analytics). I think they try to convince you are getting a great deal with the environment that you forget there are other jobs out there that have a better pay package. The bonus is pretty small relative to other firms as well. It's a great place to get experience and learn about fundamental finance, however.

2.0
Jan 9, 2013

Dead End career

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Pros

The benefits are outstanding as are the offices with elaborate aquariums and cool looking conference rooms. There is also free food, but watch for the Bloomberg 15!!

Cons

Unfortunately when you get into the actual substance of this company an that's your job, there is a lot left to be desired. There is absolutely no career path at this company. They have an internal job board which they have recently promoted and made a big deal of but it does not help if the hiring managers are all on different agendas. It is very difficult for an employee to come to the company and create a PATH because most of the hiring managers are not looking to build and develop skills in employees. They instead want outside experience for intermediate type roles to better build products. They want to take knowledge instead of invest skills back into their own people. What that leaves younger employees with is a career that includes jumps around to numerous entry-level type positions or a career in sales. Those that recognize this are still left stuck as the skills they develop at Bloomberg don't necessarily translate to marketable skills in finance (learning how to input a DRQS is not marketable). My advice - if you are at all ambitious and want to develop a consistent career path, do not come to this company. Run, don't walk to that other opportunity if you can help it.

4.0
Jan 8, 2013

Lots of opportunity.

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Pros

Lots of offices if you want to live abroad. Lots of choices for types of work. Great benefits.

Cons

Long hours for some teams. Managers who haven't had proper training. Low pay in some sectors.

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