Does Bloomberg pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bloomberg employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bloomberg. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bloomberg?

79% 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 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bloomberg?

Software Engineer (740) , Senior Software Engineer (450) , Account Manager (319) , Analyst (301) , Sales (176) , Intern (171) , Sales Representative (168) , Analytics (132) , Global Data Analyst (123) , Reporter (108) , Data Analyst (107) , 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))

What are employees saying about Bloomberg layoffs in 2026?

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.

Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,290 total reviews)

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 8,290 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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8K reviews

1.0

Jan 12, 2014

Micro Managed to the extreme and No career Growth

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Pros

- Free food - Good benefits

Cons

- Micromanagement - No career growth - Legacy technology - Glass wall for International Employees when it comes to management

2.0

Jan 12, 2014

Oppressive "culture" and toxic environment

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

+Stable/safe company with exceptional benefits +Good place to learn and start your career

Cons

-Mandatory, long hours for busy work (8a - 6p); lots of posturing -Arrogant upper management: everyone is interchangeable and no employee has unique value= low job satisfaction and high turn over -Micro management culture, managing to the lowest common denominator via inept 'leaders' -Highly bureaucratic organization with lots of meetings, red tape and lack of independent thinking -Extremely competitive, high pressure environment with too much in-fighting and politics and too little pay off

4.0

Jan 11, 2014

Great company to start in the financial markets

Account manager

Recommend

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Pros

Great training programs and seminars

Cons

Company does not take the employee´s strength when promoting, they will promote just to promote and will not listen to the feedback of the employee

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