Is Bloomberg a good company to work for as a Financial Developer?

Financial Developer professionals working at Bloomberg have rated their employer with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 163 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Bloomberg employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Financial Developer Jobs at Bloomberg now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Financial Developer interview questions at Bloomberg .

Does Bloomberg pay Financial Developer employees well?

Financial Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Bloomberg with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 163 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.2% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Financial Developer salaries at Bloomberg.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bloomberg?

Software Engineer (746) , Senior Software Engineer (455) , Account Manager (322) , Analyst (302) , Sales (176) , Intern (171) , Sales Representative (168) , Analytics (132) , Global Data Analyst (123) , Reporter (108) , Data Analyst (106) , Software Engineer(Internship) (104) , Financial Analyst (99) , Financial Software Developer (93) , Senior Software Developer (92)

What are the pros of working at Bloomberg according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits where you don't pay for health insurance and they do 50% 401k match" ((in 1048 reviews)); "The people are great and they provide dozens of opportunities to get to know the company more." ((in 809 reviews)); "Great culture and a clear vision on how to be a highly successful private company." ((in 713 reviews)); "Good work life balance: 8am to 6pm and you are done at 6pm most of the times" ((in 545 reviews)); "Pay is good and raises very nice." ((in 394 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Bloomberg according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management staff with limited “leaders”" ((in 414 reviews)); "A bad manager can do what he likes and the company will cover him irrespective of your complaints." ((in 284 reviews)); "long hours (contracted hours are at least 25% more than industry average) with no flexibility." ((in 234 reviews)); "There is no career progression for developers and this is by design." ((in 118 reviews)); "Too exhaustive work, with extended working hours" ((in 107 reviews))

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3.7

75% would recommend to a friend

(163 total reviews)

Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

81% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.2

Work/Life balance

Financial Developer employees have rated Bloomberg with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 163 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Financial Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Bloomberg is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Financial Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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163 reviews

1.0

Jul 10, 2010

inhumane degradation, with mojitos

Financial software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

pays well, stable, lots of potential -- in some alternate universe.

Cons

90 hour weeks, stifling beaurocracy, backstabing politics, personal degradation, self-destructive technology choices. think of it as being chained in a salt mine with open sores. living in new york is a special kind of hell too.

3.0

Jun 9, 2010

Average... Good for CS people though.... Keeps you busy

Financial software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly Enviorment No restrictions Free Food (Lots and Lots of Junk and Organic food) Better than industry kind of pay (Not top though)

Cons

Keeps you busy (Get lot of work done from you in returns of good pay) You need to know how to bull-shit even if you do not know how to do something Lot of legacy legacy code..... not worth learning it for professional growth

1.0

Jun 9, 2010

Dont go there if you are computer science majored

Financial software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good pay free food office location good

Cons

No cubes, everyone face to face. Long long hours..... The technology they use is old.....Not good for CS majored graduates once you exit

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inhumane degradation, with mojitos

Average... Good for CS people though.... Keeps you busy

Dont go there if you are computer science majored

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