Lack of flexibility - Anonymous employee Bloomberg Employee Review

3.0
Jan 10, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people are amazing, the place is fast paced and always interesting. The benefits and the pay are good. If it wasn’t for the hours and flexibility, it would be classed as a great employer.

Cons

They are obsessed with you being in the office. Even during COVID and despite us working very well from home, there is constant pressure and talk of going back to the office. They don’t offer flexible working with any sort of impact, meaning it’s hard to get ahead once you have children. They talk about diversity and they mean well, but a lack of diversity in management means it doesn’t translate to real action.

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Pros

Opportunities to do lots of work with data and finance to apply knowledge in both programming and Subject-Matter Expertise (SME). Excellent Work-Life Balance (WLB) and extremely welcoming culture. You can reach out to anyone for help or just to talk, and they will get back to you (although management does require more scheduling in advance). Generous compensation (good wage) and benefits, including housing for interns. If you heard the rumors that the Bloomberg Princeton office has a great Bloomberg Pantry (read: company-provided breakfast and lunch), the rumors are true.

Cons

Not the place for those looking for cutting-edge AI. The company is not as fast with AI as the company prioritizes reliability and accuracy above all, and much of AI is not at an acceptable threshold for management to be willing to take that risk with financial data (at least in 2026). You may get a project to automate menial processes, which is really cool, but that tends to involve actually doing the menial processes, which feels unproductive. Princeton office is good but New York is considered preferable. Coworkers are not very reachable outside of work hours. Compensation is low in Data compared to Software Engineers.

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