Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,263 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 8,263 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Oct 26, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Free food, company pays for good benefits, exposure to some very smart employees

Cons

Management is horrible - my manager couldn't spell properly and I had to continually check and re-write his/her e-mails before they went out to others. I was even asked by other departments to not let him/her near them because he/she didn't know what they were talking about and made everything worse. Operating system was extremely archaic and instead of using technology that was already out there the company instead spent millions of dollars trying to make their own mediocre devices. Many "star" employees were hired because they were FOM - Friends of Mike - and were paid exorbitant salaries while dragging down the entire business. They would let go and outsource entire departments without any warning at all. Due to the use of only their operating system and their devices if you stay at the company for more than 2 years you are deemed unhireable by other companies because you have been "bloombergized"- you pretty much lose your entire skill set unless you go home after work and study...which is what I had to do before I left.

1.0
Jun 24, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent benefits Free food Posh work environment Four terminals at your workstation Central meeting place Screen showing the company's achievements and charity work

Cons

No professional development Middle management lacks the skills to lead The raises are bad Managers focus on the negative You are doing a good job if no one is complaining about you They keep bad managers in their positions Managers set unrealistic performance metrics and they would not change them You have to be on the lookout for being thrown under a bus No concern for best practices If you have a concern , managers tell you "too bad"

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