Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,126 total reviews)
avatar

Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

84% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

Reviews about "Compensation"

Return to all reviews
1.0
May 26, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The hours are really light People will know the company. If you enjoy the gratification of that then it's a pro

Cons

Terrible place to start your career. Exit opps are minimal, as you do not have finance experience or real sales experience. You will have to really grind to get out, most intelligent people that got trapped here I saw it take upwards of a 12 months. People will always say you can go work for a client, never saw that happen. You will be extremely micromanaged and your metrics will be based on how many calls you make to clients and if they adopt a function. If you picture yourself calling people all day while they try to do their job to tell them there's a new feature (like right-clicking an instant message to reply directly) as a career, then you will love this job. If you would like to think independently, work in a challenging environment and use your brain a few times a day do not work here. Pay is brutal you will be servicing clients who out of school are making 1.5x you. Your coworkers will tell you that the clients job is going to be automated or is long hours and Bloomberg is a way better spot to work. Usually said coworker is just complacent or unintelligent (plenty of both around). If your options are Northwest Mutual or Bloomberg, I guess take Bloomberg.

4.0
May 26, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great learning and training opportunities, they invest in their people. Get to experience full breadth of financial industry and see what appeals to you.

Cons

Culture of complacency due to layers of dead wood mgmt that happened to be in sales during glory days (when hedge funds would call Bloomberg for terminals, not the other way around) with massive tailwinds so they looked good. Unfortunately most smart / driven employees left before moving up through the ranks, thus you're left with duds managing studs. Not a good combo. I want to also say people are underpaid, but given the light workload I don't think so. But by finance standards the pay (and hours) are lower. Headwind in face of core terminal business means this is all a tough problem to solve, but reinvesting for growth and disrupting oneself should be the plan, especially b/c they're private.

5.0
May 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cool place, great work life balance

Cons

Salary is very competitive initially but doesn't grow well after 3+ years.

Viewing 559 - 561 of 1,126 Reviews

Glassdoor has 10,170 Bloomberg reviews submitted anonymously by Bloomberg employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Bloomberg is right for you.