A dynamic and fast place - Financial Software Developer Bloomberg Employee Review

5.0
25 Apr 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Besides the great benefits (health care, snacks, dinner), Bloomberg is a good place for you to learn and to work. It provides good internal mobility if you want to move to a different group and location. The open environment provide both an opportunity and distractions. The culture encourages team work, helping the customers. Since there is no title, the management generally is more accessible and it is easier to contact someone outside your team. It does have work from home policy, and the application sometimes depends on your team leader.

Cons

Like many other big companies, there is bureaucracy and internal politics. Sometimes, the accountability can be poor. But since Mike's return, it has changed somewhat to breakdown the silos and to get in touch with the customers more. The technology on the IT side is not the most advanced ones, and there are lots of legacies. But there are lots of smart people and lots of new technologies are being used in various places.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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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.

2.0
12 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great Office, Free Snacks and plenty of social events

Cons

Be prepared for a heavily politicised culture — it's pervasive and affects day-to-day working life significantly. The organisation suffers from clear in-group favouritism at the leadership level, where certain groups are visibly preferred for opportunities, recognition, and advancement. This creates an uneven playing field and quietly damages morale for those outside those circles. Leadership collaboration leaves a lot to be desired. In four years, I didn't experience a single structured team-building or bonding initiative — a telling sign of how little investment goes into people and team cohesion. Perhaps most concerning is the approach to compliance. Raising legitimate concerns or challenging existing practices is met with significant resistance from senior stakeholders, rather than genuine engagement. A culture where pushback replaces accountability is one worth approaching with caution.

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