There are tradeoffs - Anonymous employee Bloomberg Employee Review

3.0
2 Feb 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A well-financed company only in its third decade, Bloomberg led the charge for market transparency and changed the way business is conducted around the globe. Spectacular offices, some truly brilliant employees, plenty of perks like company-wide parties and free food, fantastic benefits and good salaries. There's a true buzz to walking the neon halls created by a still living, self-made billionaire; it bestows on employees the feeling of being among the chosen. But when the buzz wears off (usually when one starts focusing on the paranoia behind Bloomberg's many security systems) one begins to wonder whether one is truly "chosen" or simply captive.

Cons

The management style at Bloomberg tends to be top-down and fear-based. As a result, employees spend an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out who among the leadership is in and who is out, which causes a continual undercurrent of anxiety. Although the salaries tend to be much higher than print salaries elsewhere, it comes at a cost: Journalism principles are easily trumped by business prerogatives. (See "Bloomberg in China.") True journalists find this model fundamentally flawed, since most believe that challenging the orthodoxy is precisely what journalism is all about.

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5.0
8 Jul 2026
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Pros

good pay, great team, lots of experience gained

Cons

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4.0
28 Jun 2026
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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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