Sales - Sales Representative Bloomberg Employee Review

1.0
Jun 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company does try to do it best BUT it does not trust people so every one has a metric and in essence feels like a metric.

Cons

As the top guy of any chain makes ALL the decisions is impossible to feel empowered. They talk a about the Bloomberg Culture , harder , faster and smarter but they miss the exact point of what makes a leader ie true independence to make decisions . Managers and Senior Manager walk around preaching the Bloomberg Culture but in truth they have no say at all. They just follow , the company has no notion of leadership because it simply does not trust people .Most decision are made at the top of the organisation , the rest of the structure just nods , this is the true culture. The pay is ranked accordingly , as no one makes decision you are just paid to nod . The guy who nods the most and follows orders is the one that gets promoted. As real decisions are not even the pay grade of Heads of Sales the actual financial opportunities are limited for any one that can actually do sales or management very well. Its a shame but the above is summarised by the fact that: a) No employee every returns to work at Bloomberg, surprising given 10000 plus b) Managers literally go grey taking others orders but feel as though they have little value to other companies - so they stay to take the pay check

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great company, in this role you have the chance to learn about the financial markets, the terminal, and also you get client exposure.

Cons

Not really cons, culture is great.

4.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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