Reputed Company but not a Good Work Environment - Software Engineer. Bloomberg Employee Review

2.0
May 4, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation, Benefits,Good Medical Insurance, 401K Match, Bonus

Cons

- They use very old Technology (Fortran and C) - Everything Homegrown and Proprietary and doesnt work well. Infrastructure is full of Bugs. - Inexperienced and Not-at-all-Worth Managers. - They want to do everything in a Hurry. Pushes you out of Limits, - Long Long Working Hours often pushed by Managers. - No recognition for Hard work. - Proprietary DB/UI framework everything is from Stoneage and full of bugs making Programmers life a Hell. - Hectic Work Env.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

- Working hours are a standard 8-5, 7-4, or 9-6, depending on what you are scheduled. - Opportunities to meet great clients - Benefits

Cons

- Terrible analytics managers and TLs - The department is known for micro-management - Have seen discrimination across the analytics and sales departments multiple times

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