If you're on the right team, Bloomberg can be very rewarding
Pros
- If you land on the right team, there is a lot of flexibility and great work-life balance. Fortunately, the percentage of the "good" teams is growing steadily, especially within the Derivatives and Infrastructure departments of R&D. - There are a lot of opportunities to grow professionally, but you need to forge your own path. - Very intelligent colleagues, great ideas - Free snacks and drinks/juice all day everyday - Excellent compensation and benefits
Cons
- A lot of red tape (as with many large and successful corporations), meaning that great ideas need a lot of persistence to really take off, or else they will be swept aside for the next money grab enhancement. - Some old technologies and implementations are so established that they're tough to supplant with smarter/faster/newer ones. - Open floorplan. While it fosters collaboration, concentration is very easily broken