Bloomberg reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(8,239 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 8,239 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
May 17, 2011

It is my first job!!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

* Really good name in the industry * People are very nice * Yeah, the pantry ;) * Keep up with the most updated news. * Overall great office atmosphere

Cons

* There is really not much room of development (career-wise and skills-wise) for temp, it does look good on the CV though. But somehow one must take into account of their future career development, try to look for a chance to become a perm. * Seriously underpaid (as a temp, which is expected I suppose)

5.0
May 13, 2011
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Pros

Leader in: News - most accurate news reporting in the world Financial Markets - bloomberg moves markets on a daily basis Data Analytics - hands-down best interactive data analytics Sustainability - see the bloomberg 2010 sustainability report Philanthropy - promotes philanthropy on all levels - adapted by mike bloomberg's greater devotion and commitment to philanthropy. Benefits- Best health care coverage I've ever seen, best 401K package I've ever seen, 4 weeks vacation, free food/snacks, ongoing events on a weekly basis, the most awesome summer party, business class travel, access to wall street without the crazy lifestyle. Compensation- 50% of your bonus is directly related to how well the company does - and the company is the fastest growing firm in NYC. Employees recieve ~70% of their Salary+bonus as a "bonus" in 2014 if they meet the $10B Revenue goal. Career Development - new leader in career development with extensive bloomberg experience. She knows how people think and is developing career advancements among many groups. Our President and Chairman are very interesting people coming from different backgrounds. I really like how we are moving away from our CORE product (terminal) and into other things trying to capture new customers such as Bloomberg Sports and Bloomberg Gov't/Law.

Cons

The company is growing very fast - things can get a bit disorganized. Although we are a Data company, our data within needs to be cleaner. You are never fully "done" with a project/assignment. You would work on something for weeks, and finally when you are finished, it comes back a day later and people ask for more. It's hard because you would either need to start over to include what they want, or completely drive yourself crazy including things that were not initially planned for. I just wish management knows what they want before handing me work, mostly because it's not easy always editing comprehensive reports just to change a few things, when the reports were designed for only specific metrics/data. Once you are hired into a role (and are good at it), the common theme is that they will not promote you because they cannot backfill your role once you move up. From the looks of it, you will either be moving sideways (to a diff business unit), or you will be moving up (if you are even labeled as a successor for management roles).

3.0
Mar 20, 2011
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Pros

high starting pay, pantry, free health insurance, upbeat work environment, beautiful office

Cons

no partition/cubical in the office, hard to advance in title/pay/professional skill after working for a couple of yrs

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