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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2.0
Feb 21, 2010

No flat structure....

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Pros

The office is beautyful and you probably won't find much better anywhere else. People are also great and it's an excellent place to make new friends and meet people from all around the world. It's a not a bad place to start your career but don't stay too long!

Cons

Salary is not competitive at all which is very demotivating. Career prospects are poor and senior management have not been trained in leadership at all. Working hours are NOT flexible. You often feel like working in a factory and all that is important is statistics before quality. It doesn't feel like management cares about you at all which is bad for moral and team spirit. Lastly, Bloomberg is known for having a very flat structure which is not really true. Even people used to working in investment banks say that Bloomberg's management structure is more hierarchical than those in banks. Unless you know the right people in the US it is very difficult to get a say in anything.

1.0
Feb 20, 2010
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Pros

I'm a senior software engineer at bloomberg and this review is my own + what I have heard from my colleagues and friends in other teams within this company. * Good compensation (only if you work 8 hrs a day which won't be the case.. normal working hours are 12 to 14 here) * Smart and intelligent people * 4 week paid vacation + medical benefit + free food

Cons

* You will be at your desk almost all the time.. normally ppl come at 9 and don't leave before 7. This is normal working day.. on special occasions you may have to stay even more and need to work on weekends. * They track every minute you spend in office .. we have something called PN notes and other tools to track time. You can't bill more then a day on a ticket.. if you do.. your manager yells at you. * There are no separate cubical so everybody can see everybody else.. and environment is little noisy so becomes hard to concentrate. * Managers are rude, don't respect team members.. good work won't get appreciation ever.. (and this is a culture.. this is not about specific manager). * Top management have completely failed in managing software capital.. lot of code duplications.. software pieces are scattered here and there and there is no track of it.. often you will be writing a module from scratch even though its available somewhere else. * interview process is tiresome.. they take 5-6 interviews and keep you on contracting for 1 month and that 1 month is a complete torture and then after their might be additional interview before the offer is extended !!!! TOO MUCH !!!

4.0
Feb 16, 2010

Great entry point for fresh grads

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Pros

- Many entry level positions - Good chance of moving on from GCUS - Pantry is like a 7-11 - You get to learn from really smart people

Cons

- Some people are so smart that they lack a bit of EQ - May not be able to apply bloomberg's system to future jobs - Working along side with everyone so smart can make you feel stupid at times

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