Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,258 total reviews)
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Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

84% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Bloomberg has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,258 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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4.0
Aug 3, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Fast culture, lots of changes (good for people who are flexible and adaptable). Great snacks and drinks in the pantry always. Fast growth, if you perform well you'll really shine, but there are limits (see the cons). Listens to your needs (in terms of career path and growth). Lots of training.

Cons

On higher levels (close to most senior levels), Asians tend to get overlooked and higher management often promotes those who's worked in North Americas or Europe for more senior management roles.

3.0
Jul 31, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are quite a few benefits of working for Bloomberg: * Compensation is quite competitive for NYC. * Work/life balance is generally good. In fact you won't see many people at work outside of normal working hours and none on weekends. * Benefits are quite good as well. * Company is stable. * There is no dress code for R&D people.

Cons

Most of the drawbacks are a consequence of Bloomberg being a big company: * There is a lot of bureaucracy. Decision making is slow and inefficient. * A lot of incompetent and inactive people in the R&D department. They come to pick up the check and there is nothing you can do about them. * Technology is old and outdated. Nobody cares that it kills productivity. It's considered acceptable that Bloomberg pays you enough money to tolerate working with old technology. * There is a desire to hire smart people, but once hired they are not trusted to make any decisions, but often micromanaged. * Management is generally inept and inefficient. Employees' feedback is generally ignored. * It's claimed that Bloomberg is transparent, but it's not the case. As an employee you have very little idea of what's going on outside your area of responsibility or any say on important decisions that might affect you. * Since I've been here very few people have been promoted. The situation looks stagnant.

3.0
Jul 29, 2012

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good working environment. Career progresion allowing to move between teams

Cons

Can become monotonous after while

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