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 (739) , 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) (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?

"Great benefits where you don't pay for health insurance and they do 50% 401k match" ((in 1074 reviews)); "The people are great and they provide dozens of opportunities to get to know the company more." ((in 772 reviews)); "Great culture and a clear vision on how to be a highly successful private company." ((in 701 reviews)); "Good work life balance: 8am to 6pm and you are done at 6pm most of the times" ((in 549 reviews)); "Pay is good and raises very nice." ((in 374 reviews))

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

"Poor management staff with limited “leaders”" ((in 423 reviews)); "A bad manager can do what he likes and the company will cover him irrespective of your complaints." ((in 290 reviews)); "long hours (contracted hours are at least 25% more than industry average) with no flexibility." ((in 229 reviews)); "There is no career progression for developers and this is by design." ((in 117 reviews)); "Strict, Late Working Hours, Sometimes hard to reach" ((in 106 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

4.0

Jan 18, 2009

Why to or why not to work at Bloomber L.P. as a financial software developer.

Financial software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The compensation and the transparency are the best reasons for one to work for Bloomberg L.P.

Cons

The job is monotonous and limits opportunities sometimes. Job as a financial software developer deals with creating softwares for financial data.

3.0

Jan 5, 2009

pays well, but don't expect too much 'high tech'

Financial software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pays well, Good work-life balance, Fast-paced work, everyone gets a lot of responsibility, the ability to quickly see the impact of your work

Cons

legacy software, tougher to look for a job elsewhere once you quit due to the extremely proprietary nature of technologies used, some very smart people, but a lot of people who have been writing GUI code in fortran too

3.0

Dec 21, 2008

Good but not great

Financial software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation, especially the benefits and paid time off. Some really smart people as peers.

Cons

Career advancement is hard. Management decisions may be hard to fathom.

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