Most confusing company - Senior Software Engineer Bloomberg Employee Review

3.0
Feb 17, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Work-life balance is very good. I've never thought it's possible in the USA that all (really, not most, but all) employees are offline by 5-6 p.m. This is a significant consideration if it aligns well with your current life goals. They also provide parental leave for 6 months, which is excellent. Insurance is good. The people are very nice.

Cons

The management at this company is both incompetent and heavily focused on micro-management. Despite overseeing 50+ subordinates, managers still involve themselves in fundamental code-related matters while lacking any clear goals for the next 12 months. A particularly problematic policy is the refusal to rehire former employees, which results in a workforce that has never been exposed to better practices. Many rely solely on internal experiences or online sources, dismissing alternative perspectives and insisting their way is the only correct approach without genuinely understanding its effectiveness. Accountability is also lacking—if someone blocks your development environment, everyone may know who is responsible, but no one will take ownership of the issue. Additionally, no matter how hard you work, salary increments remain minimal. Management may praise your performance, but they ultimately claim to have no power to influence compensation.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Great company, in this role you have the chance to learn about the financial markets, the terminal, and also you get client exposure.

Cons

Not really cons, culture is great.

4.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
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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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