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 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))

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

(8,278 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 8,278 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

5.0

Aug 31, 2013

Excellent work environment

Senior hire (r&d)

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Bloomberg comes highly recommended as a top firm. Very interesting and exciting work environment.

Cons

The staff remuneration and bonus could be better.

3.0

Aug 31, 2013

senior software engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

very nice building, a lot of snacks, drinks. Good for ppl without a computer science degree if you want a software developer position

Cons

Using outdated software development technologies. the process is terrible/the code quality is terrible. Get job done, and it's doesn't matter how you get it done, this is how you are evaluated.

4.0

Aug 30, 2013

Great work, great people outdated technology

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging work, great managers, no job titles, decent compensation, CEO knows what he is doing

Cons

Extremely outdated technology, hard to learn any software frameworks relevant to other jobs

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