Bloomberg L.P. Reviews in New York, NY

Current Employee – been working at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – relatively stable. good benefit. in the center of NYC.

Cons – some jobs can have a very high pressure, high demanding environment. managers/TLs differ. serious political fights causing uncomfortable relationship between/within R&D from time to time.

Advice to Senior Management – way too many re-org. management needs to have some kind of standard. reduce political fight.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than a year

Pros – You get to work with very very smart people. Salary is higher relative to most of the other firms except google

Cons – Very horrible training. You get fired if you dont have 80% in training, but actual job after training is very good

Advice to Senior Management – Open R&D Office in other countries with different time zones. Nobody likes to wake up at night to fix things. It is also very necessary to not miss out talent in other countries if you want to compete globally.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great technology in infrastructure teams. Company is pretty stable and treats employees with respect. Great process in managing production environment. Free access to snacks and refreshments is great. Overall satisfied with the company.

Cons – Top management in R&D is shuffled too often. Reorganizations happen too frequently. There is some amount of politics. Need to improve on SDLC methodologies.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great people, interesting culture and challenging work if you're in the right spot. Professional growth is completely dependent on the group you are interested in, which can sometimes be difficult to get to but there are a myriad of opportunities.

Cons – The culture is in flux and not for the better. Management has slowly but surely begun to backburner employee needs in hopes of trimming the fat - but there are a host of high paid under skilled managers that have made ins with the "right" people to keep them where they are.

Advice to Senior Management – Look internally for management roles so as not to continue diluting what was once a powerful culture.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than a year

Pros – good life-work balance, friendly people

Cons – Lack of hands-on experience on most of techniques

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – You won't find a better office building in NYC - fish tanks, free food. Great corporate atmosphere. Top notch health benefits. Tools to foster your career - wellness/health intitiatives, internal career fairs, large and supportve HR department. If you work hard and play the game right, you will go very far.

Cons – So many different groups/departments focusing on specific portions of the Bloomberg terminal can make it difficult to coordinate and get answers internally.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great benefits. Good compensation. Learning opportunities

Cons – Not a software developer centric company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than a year

Pros – High degree of personal ownership in projects means that if you're on a solid team you can contribute almost immediately

Cons – Serious issues with reinventing the wheel, neglecting useful open-source alternatives, and in many places completely ignoring proper software development practices like continuous integration, unit testing, integration testing, etc. Proprietary everything means your skills are largely not transferable.

Advice to Senior Management – Improve engineering practices to save everyone headache and anxiety

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Stable company, stable cash flow, lots of market data and products utilizing it, hence lots of opportunities in the software development area

Cons – No trading, removed from the market,

Current Employee – been working at Bloomberg L.P. full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Free health care, free snacks, good people, formerly cared about employees, egalitarian philosophy

Cons – No longer care about employees, particularly in the the media group. Company over-focused on a cash-cow product without recognition that it is a cash-cow. Egalitarian seating is very limiting.

Advice to Senior Management – Review what got you where you are. Understand that terminal is a cash cow. Don't lie to employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company