Bloomberg Senior Software Developer reviews

4.1

88% would recommend to a friend

(528 total reviews)
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Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

87% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Bloomberg with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 528 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Bloomberg is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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528 reviews
4.0
Feb 28, 2010
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Pros

Open communication, flexible work environment on the software development side. Great offices and very good perks. Very fair (good) compensation. Startup like approach to handling new projects.

Cons

The work hours are fairly inflexible. Working from home is very much discouraged. The employee time tracking system is fairly annoying and there's no flexibility on the amount of holidays you take.

3.0
Feb 24, 2010
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Pros

Work hours Social life free snacks A Fancy entry on the CV good flashy office fast paced projects nothing else

Cons

too much stress subjective reviews lack of accountability as far as its applicability to managers are concerned kiss ass mentality is rewarded not commitment

1.0
Feb 20, 2010
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Pros

I'm a senior software engineer at bloomberg and this review is my own + what I have heard from my colleagues and friends in other teams within this company. * Good compensation (only if you work 8 hrs a day which won't be the case.. normal working hours are 12 to 14 here) * Smart and intelligent people * 4 week paid vacation + medical benefit + free food

Cons

* You will be at your desk almost all the time.. normally ppl come at 9 and don't leave before 7. This is normal working day.. on special occasions you may have to stay even more and need to work on weekends. * They track every minute you spend in office .. we have something called PN notes and other tools to track time. You can't bill more then a day on a ticket.. if you do.. your manager yells at you. * There are no separate cubical so everybody can see everybody else.. and environment is little noisy so becomes hard to concentrate. * Managers are rude, don't respect team members.. good work won't get appreciation ever.. (and this is a culture.. this is not about specific manager). * Top management have completely failed in managing software capital.. lot of code duplications.. software pieces are scattered here and there and there is no track of it.. often you will be writing a module from scratch even though its available somewhere else. * interview process is tiresome.. they take 5-6 interviews and keep you on contracting for 1 month and that 1 month is a complete torture and then after their might be additional interview before the offer is extended !!!! TOO MUCH !!!

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