Bloomberg reviews

I was in the R&D department of Bloomberg for over 10 years. The company is very profitable therefore job stability, health benefits, time off are all very good. The company controls their own technology stack from the client software running on the user's desktop, to their network connection end to end, to huge data stores in their data centers. As an engineer, there are many interesting problems to work on. However, due to the profitability of the company, there is not much incentive to do basic improvements to their infrastructure, reduce operational costs, or increase automation. This can be frustrating as much of the organization is involved in updating work tickets and doing manual changes. This kind of environment can be great for someone who wants to not think or work too hard and just punch in the clock.. but if you are intellectually curious and are ambitious to learn new technology it can be very suffocating. Further, much of the organization is involved in operational roles and have no desire or passion to improve technology.

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.