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

Financial Software Engineer professionals working at Bloomberg have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 103 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 Engineer Jobs at Bloomberg now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Financial Software Engineer interview questions at Bloomberg .

Does Bloomberg pay Financial Software Engineer employees well?

Financial Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Bloomberg with 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 103 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 22.2% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Financial Software Engineer salaries at Bloomberg.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bloomberg?

Software Engineer (740) , Senior Software Engineer (449) , Account Manager (318) , Analyst (301) , Sales (176) , Intern (171) , Sales Representative (168) , Analytics (132) , Global Data Analyst (123) , Reporter (108) , Data Analyst (106) , Software Engineer(Internship) (104) , Financial Analyst (99) , Financial Software Developer (93) , Senior Software Developer (92)

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

"Great benefits where you don't pay for health insurance and they do 50% 401k match" ((in 1069 reviews)); "The people are great and they provide dozens of opportunities to get to know the company more." ((in 774 reviews)); "Great culture and a clear vision on how to be a highly successful private company." ((in 722 reviews)); "Good work life balance: 8am to 6pm and you are done at 6pm most of the times" ((in 545 reviews)); "Pay is good and raises very nice." ((in 369 reviews))

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

"Micro management and under skilled TL" ((in 413 reviews)); "A bad manager can do what he likes and the company will cover him irrespective of your complaints." ((in 285 reviews)); "long hours (contracted hours are at least 25% more than industry average) with no flexibility." ((in 233 reviews)); "There is no career progression for developers and this is by design." ((in 119 reviews)); "Strict, Late Working Hours, Sometimes hard to reach" ((in 104 reviews))

Bloomberg Financial Software Engineer reviews

4.0

99% would recommend to a friend

(103 total reviews)

Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

100% approve of CEO

96% positive business outlook

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Financial Software Engineer employees have rated Bloomberg with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 103 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Financial Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Bloomberg is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Financial Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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103 reviews

2.0

Mar 8, 2014

Ok First Job, Very unsatisfying job in all aspects

Financial software developer

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Pros

When free food is the bigger pro you can think of, there isn't much to like about. Benefits are good too I guess. And since they hire a lot of fresh-out-of-college grads, it can be a good starting place.

Cons

The work is very unsatisfying on all levels. New technologies are seldom used, a lot of work pressure and lot of workload, HR doesn't care two hoots about you in any aspect, boring and tedius work, very closed environment, very hierarchical and very bureaucratic, very few career growth prospects, very narrow learning environment as teams are not encouraged to learn from each other and/or collaborate.

4.0

Feb 21, 2014

Good in bursts until a reorg hits you

Financial software developer

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Pros

The best learning experience of all in core C++, server side coding, templates, JS async framework etc. Then out of nowhere a reorg happens and you are left with nothing that you built with so much hard work. Good pay, amazing benefits (best in NYC), pretty building, rarely fires (always puts on performance plans), very fast learning CEO discussed voluntary work that I did with them, they have amazing matches with your community involvements (they matched for me $5k to my charity for my voluntary hours)

Cons

Too many reorgs (not just my team but others too) Very competitive, hard to get an exceeds expectations. Proprietary tech, at times too fast paced, steeper learning curve

4.0

Jan 7, 2014

If you're on the right team, Bloomberg can be very rewarding

Financial software developer

Recommend

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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

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