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      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (8,274 total reviews)
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      Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

      84% approve of CEO

      73% positive business outlook

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      Bloomberg has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,274 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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      3.0
      Mar 21, 2013

      Great place but tough luck for career development

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      - Bright, motivated & friendly colleagues (mostly young, you'll always find someone if you want to go for drinks) - Very diverse workforce - Generous benefits & well-stocked pantry - Lots of learning opportunities (internal trainings) - Many community engagement activities (volunteer projects, galas and etc) - Stable job

      Cons

      - Limited upside means most people either stay in the job for years or move laterally or just quit and move on - Little transferable skills: Market players seldom consider a data analyst to be equipped with relevant skills/experience despite handling an asset class for several years. - Most skills you need can be picked up in 6-8 months - Work can be voluminous and tedious (lots of data clean ups, manual data entry, etc)

      1.0
      Mar 11, 2013

      Great Place to start but..

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      - Awesome Benefits (health, dental, vacations - Generous Leave time opportunities - Free Food (if you like junk food)

      Cons

      - Middle management can't stand up to NY - Open Environment leads to passive aggressive and immature behavior on the part of co-workers and managers. Even if you are hardworking and accomplish your projects and goals, they will make up stories about you watching "videos". -Flexible work agreements while available are frowned upon. If your manager is not 100% on board expect some unexpected actions to result.

      4.0
      Jan 13, 2013

      Great opportunities to learn and move around the company

      Software developer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Has internal "Bloomberg University" which is especially good for R&D folk. Many well respected technical authors come and speak from outside. Staff & colleagues are generally very smart Opportunities to learn about many areas of finance as well as technical subjects. Has a big snack kitchen and excellent fish tanks. The London office is generally very nice and gives you a sense of pride. There's not any necessity to move into managerial positions if you are strong technically and want to stay doing hands on programming. Bloomberg is very much involved in charities and encourages the involvement of it's employees in various volunteering activities. These are a great experience. The summer parties are excellent.

      Cons

      Hours are long and workload is large. It's not a good work/life balance. People sometimes get shuffled round against their will into different teams. Your experience in a team can depend a lot on the luck of who your manager is. Some managers are great, others get put into managerial positions because they were good programmers but don't necessarily have any people skills. Review process is somewhat opaque. Atmosphere on development floor is very quiet - you may find this a plus, I found that it doesn't give a strong sense of belonging to a team as most people are working independently. This can also lead to disjointed projects. Most programming teams have their own business department, so if you like interacting with clients on the creative side of coming up with a new product then you might find your opportunity to be involved in this a bit limited.

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