Bloomberg reviews

Do not get sucked in by their sales pitch of being progressive, modern and 'sexy'. The free food, sexy office and fake desire to be progressive wears off very quickly when reality sets in as to how the company's condition is after you walk through the door and uncover how they truly operate. Fundamentally, Bloomberg is a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing. In this case, it's dressed as a Google-wannabe. The reasons why: *Dated systems and practices *Inexperienced and stale managers with no substance who do not have a clue, they get to their positions because they know how to play the politics. They aren't SMEs, do not know how to manage, guide or lead teams/people. *Juniors and managers talk in condescending and elementary ways, they teach you how to suck eggs. This is probably due to the fact that the talent in Bloomberg is actually quite poor, so they like to sound more intelligent than they actually are. *All lip service, just be good at talking, then you can get far. *All the technical expertise you have are not really highly regarded, as they prefer old ways of working and aren't receptive to change for better efficiency - therefore not progressive. *Juniors are overconfident and lacks substance but manages to get praise because they know how to talk but in reality they do not hold much technical expertise and crumble when questioned. Juniors tend to fluke their roles. It creates a political 'Lord of the Flies' working environment. *Not as team orientated as they claim, a lot of people are individual contributors - they are focused within their own silo operations and don't really care to think of others. *Not flat as they claim - there are structures within their sub-teams. *Micro-management - tracks when you come into the office and leave *Long working hours 8-6

- Company works employees very hard and has little actual regard for health and wellbeing. People get burnt out at alarming rates, but no changes are made within teams where this is rife - one would think you want to look at management if people keep being squeezed till they break? - Not a lot of flexibility for mothers or consideration for pregnant women. Work days at Bloomberg are longer than normal (you have to sign a waiver when you join), but requests for flexibility on very early starts can be flatly refused. - Very little career progression, few opportunities to move. Managers blatantly ignore instructions from above to help employees develop and try a new beat. Not meritocratic, either managers like you and stop you from moving to other teams or they don't like you and also stop you from moving teams. Bonkers. - Too many managers, not enough journalists in the newsroom. Tend to promote favourites, who are very bad at managing. Not always a very fair place to work.