Good place for starters. - Software Engineer Bloomberg Employee Review

3.0
Sep 18, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Perks plus average salary. Good place for newly graduated students to gain experiences; The right place for guys and girls want to rise to the top, and smart guys have no ambitions but a easy life. The office in Skillman and Ridge Road is not that bad, it is not as crowded as 731 office in NYC. If you happen do not have family, you do not need to cook, there would be breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Skillman office is mins to shopping centers and restaurants, it is convenient to invite friends to dine out. There used to be shuttle bus to NYC office, making it convenient to meet your colleagues in Princeton and NYC. The NYC office on near Central Park, you can take subway to 56 St, Lexington Av, then walk several mins. In the 731 Lex bldg, they have one of the helix elevators in the world.

Cons

Old technology ( most of C, C++, event F77, home brewed database), Bureaucracy on project budgets among business dept and rd dept. Inexperienced managers without management training and background; Requirement of daily PN note, billing time politically correct; Shuffle of RD management teams when ever the RD head changes, you will need to follow the right guys to go to the higher positions, otherwise you will stuck there, or demoted. And yeah, the manager's preferences Very long working hours, unrealistic expectations

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5.0
May 6, 2026
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Pros

Great place to work if you are looking for work life balance

Cons

The data department has very limited growth opportunities

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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