Is Bloomberg a good company to work for as a Financial Software Developer?

Financial Software Developer professionals working at Bloomberg have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 107 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Bloomberg employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Financial Software Developer Jobs at Bloomberg now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Financial Software Developer interview questions at Bloomberg .

Does Bloomberg pay Financial Software Developer employees well?

Financial Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Bloomberg with 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 107 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 22.2% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Financial Software Developer salaries at Bloomberg.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bloomberg?

Software Engineer (739) , Senior Software Engineer (449) , Account Manager (317) , Analyst (301) , Sales (175) , Intern (171) , Sales Representative (168) , Analytics (132) , Global Data Analyst (123) , Reporter (108) , Data Analyst (105) , Software Engineer(Internship) (103) , Financial Analyst (99) , Financial Software Developer (93) , Financial Sales and Analytics (92)

What are the pros of working at Bloomberg according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and they provide dozens of opportunities to get to know the company more." ((in 784 reviews)); "Great culture and a clear vision on how to be a highly successful private company." ((in 728 reviews)); "Good work life balance: 8am to 6pm and you are done at 6pm most of the times" ((in 530 reviews)); "Pay is good and if you show up on time and write tidy programmers notes you'll never get fired." ((in 376 reviews)); "Free medical/dental and free food (snacks and drinks)." ((in 323 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Bloomberg according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management staff with limited “leaders”" ((in 412 reviews)); "A bad manager can do what he likes and the company will cover him irrespective of your complaints." ((in 280 reviews)); "long hours (contracted hours are at least 25% more than industry average) with no flexibility." ((in 238 reviews)); "There is no career progression for developers and this is by design." ((in 110 reviews)); "Too exhaustive work, with extended working hours" ((in 106 reviews))

Bloomberg Financial Software Developer reviews

4.0

99% would recommend to a friend

(107 total reviews)

Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

100% approve of CEO

96% positive business outlook

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Financial Software Developer employees have rated Bloomberg with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 107 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Financial Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Bloomberg is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Financial Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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107 reviews

4.0

Dec 5, 2014

Great compensation, sometimes stressful

Financial software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- office is insanely cool (731 Lexington, headquarters) - free snacks: coffee, tea, toast, cereal, fruit, granola bars, chips, soda, juice, etc. - $100k starting salary for new grads in software, $40/hr for interns - no dress code, flexible work hours - very open, collaborative work environment among programmers

Cons

- software for the financial industry means working with Suits (business people who take themselves way too seriously) and occasionally working insane hours to meet a deadline - high stress

4.0

Nov 13, 2014

Good company to start with

Financial software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Open door, and transparent policy, very intelligent and motivated people. ability to take ownership, be proactive. Awesome training program for the fresh students. Very generous benefit, great snack,and nice working environment.

Cons

Very aggressive culture, it might take a while to get use to. Could be very busy sometime and overtime is expected.

3.0

Sep 27, 2014

It's a gig, not a career.

Financial applications developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pantry, seeing and meeting people due to the special "design" of the work environment, sunlight in the buildings, good work-life balance. Good opportunities to make impact with your work and get to know many people, but don't expect your good work and sweat to get you a promotion or anywhere meaningful.

Cons

Certainly not a place to have a career. Flat organizational structure has its pros and cons. Culture can be very petty. They promote "lifers" to managerial positions, some of whom are seriously not employable elsewhere. Great place to work right out of college, but not after 30. Pay is not very competitive, but they will pay more to someone else to do the same job when hiring from outside. Once you're in the company, you virtually have no place for negotiating salary unless you have an offer from somewhere else. Once you resign, you need to vacate the premises immediately after HR interview which appears to be about checking boxes and more employee surveys.

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