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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1.0
Mar 6, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Extensive and rigorous financial markets and Bloomberg product training in the first few months. Get to do a lot of problem solving and customer service. Michael Bloomberg seems like a great guy.

Cons

Notorious for extreme micromanagement. Structure creates a situation where direct managers are God. Famous for being a "Meritocracy", but what they actually mean is "Monoculture". They promote on the basis of your fit which supposedly includes performance, but more accurately, cultural fit. Cultural fit largely means being liked by your manager. If you are the type of person who can drink the Koolaid, do as your told without question, tow the party line, brown nose etc. You can be Moulded into a Bloombot and fit right in. However if you are an independent thinker, creative, risk-taking, and god forbid; a bit eccentric. You will probably struggle (not to say you can't succeed. It just makes it much much harder).

1.0
Jan 5, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The medical insurance is the best I've experienced in finance

Cons

Awful, incompetent management. No desire to improve research quality which is embarrassingly bad for many analysts in the department who can't even use excel at an intermediate level. Most of the role involves trying to write the latest click-bait headlines. Career prospects after working here are substantially reduced and most of us are too embarrassed to speak to our ex-colleagues.

1.0
Sep 2, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are pretty good. Free snacks & coffee are appreciated but limited. Initial training is very well constructed.

Cons

Salary and bonus are very bad for the area. Almost no chance for promotions or raises. Ancient codebase doesn't fit in with a "modern" company. Everything is proprietary so there are 0 transferrable skills. Join for a good name on a resume, but leave before you get sucked in. Name recognition is the only good takeaway while working here.

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