Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,292 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 8,292 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Aug 5, 2013

no career growth, too much favoritism

Anonymous employee
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Pros

good company to have on resume, terminal experience is very useful

Cons

no career path ,metrics are absurd and changed frequently, a couple of people are promoted regardless of performance, no clear metrics to compare employees,

1.0
Mar 11, 2013

Great Place to start but..

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Awesome Benefits (health, dental, vacations - Generous Leave time opportunities - Free Food (if you like junk food)

Cons

- Middle management can't stand up to NY - Open Environment leads to passive aggressive and immature behavior on the part of co-workers and managers. Even if you are hardworking and accomplish your projects and goals, they will make up stories about you watching "videos". -Flexible work agreements while available are frowned upon. If your manager is not 100% on board expect some unexpected actions to result.

2.0
Jan 9, 2013

Dead End career

Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are outstanding as are the offices with elaborate aquariums and cool looking conference rooms. There is also free food, but watch for the Bloomberg 15!!

Cons

Unfortunately when you get into the actual substance of this company an that's your job, there is a lot left to be desired. There is absolutely no career path at this company. They have an internal job board which they have recently promoted and made a big deal of but it does not help if the hiring managers are all on different agendas. It is very difficult for an employee to come to the company and create a PATH because most of the hiring managers are not looking to build and develop skills in employees. They instead want outside experience for intermediate type roles to better build products. They want to take knowledge instead of invest skills back into their own people. What that leaves younger employees with is a career that includes jumps around to numerous entry-level type positions or a career in sales. Those that recognize this are still left stuck as the skills they develop at Bloomberg don't necessarily translate to marketable skills in finance (learning how to input a DRQS is not marketable). My advice - if you are at all ambitious and want to develop a consistent career path, do not come to this company. Run, don't walk to that other opportunity if you can help it.

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