5/5 benefits, archaic self-built systems, micromanagment - Software Engineer Bloomberg Employee Review

2.0
Jul 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

benefits at incredible, work life balance,salary is extremely competitive and grows The circumstances of my departure from the company does make me think that they are quietly cutting head count and top earners to replace them with fresh grads they can indoctrinate + AI. I was basically told as much in practically those exact words. BB prides it self on never having had an official "layoff" They have definitely been turning the screws to "optimize for efficiency" Perhaps this is the reason for so many other posts mentioning micromanagement. So could be hit or miss for individual contributors. I will say its pretty incredible that i see people celebrating 10-20-30 year anniversaries at BB. Could be me, worked under a manager who i jived with. I had an incredible boss for 3 years. When he retired, the person promoted in his place ended up being completely inadequate at person management. Took to long to realize the issues or notice that due to personal differences i was being undermined and setup to fail.

Cons

a million internally built, archaic, systems with tons of unhelpful documentation. Lots of "just have to know that" sort of things, from ticketing systems to self-rolled sql database. 3 then 4 and pretty sure now 5 days in the office, but with good amount of flexibility to work from home, as long as you meet the _quota_

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5.0
Jun 11, 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.

4.0
Jun 28, 2026
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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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