It beats being unemployed... but when the economy is better I am gone - Anonymous employee Bloomberg Employee Review

1.0
Jun 24, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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5.0
Apr 22, 2026
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Pros

Great culture, benefits, pay, and work-life balance

Cons

The technical challenges can be a bit stagnant. You learn to deal with people rather than systems

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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