Does Bloomberg pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bloomberg employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bloomberg. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bloomberg?

78% of Bloomberg employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Bloomberg 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bloomberg?

Software Engineer (735) , Senior Software Engineer (446) , Account Manager (314) , Analyst (301) , Sales (175) , Intern (171) , Sales Representative (168) , Analytics (131) , 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?

"great benefits and 401" ((in 1064 reviews)); "The people are great and they provide dozens of opportunities to get to know the company more." ((in 789 reviews)); "Great culture and a clear vision on how to be a highly successful private company." ((in 706 reviews)); "Good work life balance: 8am to 6pm and you are done at 6pm most of the times" ((in 536 reviews)); "Pay is good and if you show up on time and write tidy programmers notes you'll never get fired." ((in 376 reviews))

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

"Micro management and under skilled TL" ((in 409 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 237 reviews)); "Absolute micromanagement and no career progression whatsoever." ((in 115 reviews)); "Too exhaustive work, with extended working hours" ((in 109 reviews))

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Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Bloomberg layoffs and their outlook for job security at Bloomberg in 2026.

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Bloomberg reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(8,246 total reviews)

Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

84% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.7

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Bloomberg has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,246 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

1.0

Jun 4, 2013

Where promising careers go to die

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High pay, good benefits, free food. Everything moves at a fast pace

Cons

Management does not value its technologists. The company has no interest in being a technology company, you will feel like you are working at a bank. Everything is proprietary, no interest in open standards or open source.

1.0

May 4, 2012

Proprietary software, high school type work environment

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice benefits and higher than average pay. Free snacks and drinks and various training programs. Larger than normal bonus packages.

Cons

The atmosphere at Bloomberg is very "high schoolish." A lot of insecure people trying to justify their job when it could be very easily eliminated. Tons of bloat and bureaucracy. Not a place where you want to work if you want to work in a typical software development environment. If you like to re-invent the wheel or work on Fortran, this place is for you. If you want to gain real skills to help you grow technically - look elsewhere.

2.0

May 17, 2011

h1b visa sweatshop

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pays well. Stable. Sponsors visas. Nice sinecure for the unambitious.

Cons

This place is full of h1b visa holders. They work 100 hour weeks, and if you don't do the same, you will be toast. They create a culture of corruption and patronage similar to any crony-capitalist third-world country, but on a higher pay scale. You are a slave and your ideas are not valued, because your success is a threat to your boss. There is a chain of 12 levels of hierarchy here. Endless politics. The better you are, the worse your life will be.

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