Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,289 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 8,289 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
May 27, 2024
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Pros

Bloomberg is pretty chill as far as fintech goes. Best strategy is to put in the hard work for the first two years and learn their home-grown ecosystem. You mileage may vary, but once I've earned my status, I'd get away with ~20 hours of work a week

Cons

Bloomberg is very, very "cliequey" if thats a word. They pride themselves on their FST bootcamp and you'll quickly learn that most of your senior colleagues have grown up within the company with the same people they did the bootcamp with. Additionally, note the power dynamics of people on the US work visa. Many of them need to bite their tongue for years while they wait for a green card. Managers get used to quiet people and kinda of freak out, once a rare disagreable employee tells them "no". tl;dr You'll need to play careful political game if you enter Bbg as a senior tech hire to succeed. Tech stack is home grown and kind of peculiar. But the chill pace of the company makes up for it.

3.0
May 15, 2024

Good bits bad bits

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Pros

Its great to be in an area that's growing an being invested into if you're lucky enough to get there. Overall the firm does have a nice culture and there are some really experienced people that know the markets inside and help you get visibility into clients needs. Being at the centre of the financial industry has its perks in its own right.

Cons

Every decision is made at management committee level (mike and vlad) which means business are not empowered to make decisions they need at the local level and a lot of pertinent issues get lost along the way in the food chain. Some areas don't get any invested into even though they do really well and this can be frustrating. The architecture is old, lots of tech debt, slow movement in getting anything done generally. Engineering runs the place if you're in product. They don't get locked into jobs at all, can leave to a different department as soon as 2 weeks upon arrival. They start at 10 am everywhere and their choke hold over the agenda can be stifling. Some pockets of sales are really bad, they get a bit complacent and in areas they have locked in terrible people into sweet deals who seem to not get challenged.

1.0
Mar 28, 2024

Not recommending

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Pros

All in a picture, nothing in reality. Very disappointed, complained to HR about my manager, they didn't even listen. From what I hear left and right, people are not happy and either actively searching for another company or thinking about that.

Cons

Pro Ukrainians, god forbid you are Russian, You are not gonna make it. They make your life miserable, very political place and nothing good about work life balance. Once Mike B. stepped out, it all started to go downhill. Bunch of trainings on harassment's, but when it comes to a real deal, all quiet like nothing happening and useless, nobody doing anything to prevent or follow up.

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