Great place to learn about the markets; autocratic leadership; best for straight out of college students - Sales Representative Bloomberg Employee Review

3.0
Jun 20, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Great financial software products - Steep learning curve - Exposure to wide range of financial institutions - Opportunities to interact with high ranking clients within the financial institutions

Cons

- Job satisfaction is entirely dependent on your immediate team leader. Management is inconsistent resulting in great discrepancies in working arrangements and day to day work ethics. - Very difficult environment for self-motivated, more senior individuals. Management can micro-manage to the point of absurdity. - Exceptionally numbers-driven. - Not the place for a self-motivated, experienced hire who wishes to think for him/herself, occasionally make his/her own decisions, conduct his/her day in a way he/she feels fit. - Unfriendly sales floor - everyone is focussed on watching his/her own back.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good management + good people + work life balance

Cons

NA - can be stressful

4.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities to do lots of work with data and finance to apply knowledge in both programming and Subject-Matter Expertise (SME). Excellent Work-Life Balance (WLB) and extremely welcoming culture. You can reach out to anyone for help or just to talk, and they will get back to you (although management does require more scheduling in advance). Generous compensation (good wage) and benefits, including housing for interns. If you heard the rumors that the Bloomberg Princeton office has a great Bloomberg Pantry (read: company-provided breakfast and lunch), the rumors are true.

Cons

Not the place for those looking for cutting-edge AI. The company is not as fast with AI as the company prioritizes reliability and accuracy above all, and much of AI is not at an acceptable threshold for management to be willing to take that risk with financial data (at least in 2026). You may get a project to automate menial processes, which is really cool, but that tends to involve actually doing the menial processes, which feels unproductive. Princeton office is good but New York is considered preferable. Coworkers are not very reachable outside of work hours. Compensation is low in Data compared to Software Engineers.

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