Working at Bloomberg is a terrible thing to do to yourself - Senior Software Developer Bloomberg Employee Review

1.0
Oct 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is good and if you show up on time and write tidy programmers notes you'll never get fired.

Cons

Utter stifling of creativity and innovation. You're required to detail all time spent in programmers notes. Try putting in some notes about thinking about the big picture! It would be comic if not sad that humans are expected to work and act as automatons -- and dumb automatons at that, impervious to the fact they're being talked down to at every minute. I've watched really smart people who needed the money become shadows of their own selves. Oh and not to mention: the technology is antique.

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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.

3.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Very Good work life balance.

Cons

Has become very political off late.

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