Bloomberg reviews

There is incessant and never-ending work, with a demand for perfection and timeliness. There is no regard for an employee’s personal time or life, and you are expected to be always on and available to work late on evenings and weekends as a matter of regular course. Managers are trained to provide weekly “feedback” which is brutal, petty, and rehash of any unsubstantiated gossip they may hear about you (so you have the opportunity to disprove it). They pay lip service to agile development - managers never say no to work and developers have to agree to any amount of work thrown at them. Everything is measured, all communications are monitored and video cameras exist everywhere, even in conference rooms. There are no private spaces.

-Analytics is a misnomer: It's a call center position. The job does not set you up on a path for a "career" in analytics or anything else. It's a dead-end job. -No transferable skills or knowledge that can help you seek other opportunities in finance. This is not a finance company, but a FinTech company. It does not help you in Fintech either because you don't learn about business dev or technology. -No options for promotions or a path for advancement. Moving horizontally to a sales role is the only option to get away from the grind of help desk. Don't be fooled by the roles of specialist, advance specialist thinking these are career advancement. It's just made to keep the oiled machine running. And people get stuck there with no where to go. These roles have no careers horizon or transferable skills outside of Bloomberg. -When you leave, you have no marketable skills. You will have to start from the bottom in whichever industry you choose, including working as a financial analyst... The wise ones figure this sham out very quickly and either leave as soon as they can or take an MBA class or CFA certification course, so they can be more "marketable" and in the meantime have money to pay the bills. Those who take a little longer to figure this sham, end up going to grad school to start over from the bottom and pick a different career unrelated to finance. I figured out this sham about a month after I was done with the training and was working as a generalist. I left after 8 months and reading other reviews here that confirm my observations, I'm happy I did not waste my time there.