Bloomberg L.P. – “Working at Bloomberg is a terrible thing to do to yourself”

Pros

Pay is good and if you show up on time and write tidy programmers notes you'll never get fired.

Cons

Utter stifling of creativity and innovation. You're required to detail all time spent in programmers notes. Try putting in some notes about thinking about the big picture! It would be comic if not sad that humans are expected to work and act as automatons -- and dumb automatons at that, impervious to the fact they're being talked down to at every minute. I've watched really smart people who needed the money become shadows of their own selves. Oh and not to mention: the technology is antique.

Advice to Senior Management

Bloomberg as-is is an excellent money machine for Mike. There's no reason for him to change anything about it, and senior management has no incentive to do so. Unless Mike is rebuffed in getting a third term as mayor, and in the highly unlikely event he ever returns to run the L.P., the purpose of management is to keep the numbers good and to feed the animals. If you're a senior manager who wants to change that -- you'd better be truly superlative. I wish you luck.