Does Bloomberg pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bloomberg employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bloomberg. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bloomberg?

79% of Bloomberg employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Bloomberg 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bloomberg?

Software Engineer (734) , Senior Software Engineer (445) , Account Manager (314) , Analyst (301) , Sales (175) , Intern (171) , Sales Representative (168) , Analytics (131) , Global Data Analyst (123) , Reporter (108) , Data Analyst (104) , Software Engineer(Internship) (103) , Financial Analyst (99) , Financial Software Developer (93) , Financial Sales and Analytics (92)

What are the pros of working at Bloomberg according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and they provide dozens of opportunities to get to know the company more." ((in 773 reviews)); "Great culture and a clear vision on how to be a highly successful private company." ((in 695 reviews)); "Good work life balance: 8am to 6pm and you are done at 6pm most of the times" ((in 524 reviews)); "Pay is good and raises very nice." ((in 374 reviews)); "Free medical/dental and free food (snacks and drinks)." ((in 329 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Bloomberg according to real employee reviews?

"Micro management and under skilled TL" ((in 414 reviews)); "A bad manager can do what he likes and the company will cover him irrespective of your complaints." ((in 294 reviews)); "long hours (contracted hours are at least 25% more than industry average) with no flexibility." ((in 227 reviews)); "Absolute micromanagement and no career progression whatsoever." ((in 110 reviews)); "Strict, Late Working Hours, Sometimes hard to reach" ((in 105 reviews))

What are employees saying about Bloomberg layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Bloomberg layoffs and their outlook for job security at Bloomberg in 2026.

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Bloomberg reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,238 total reviews)

Michael R. Bloomberg and Vlad Kliatchko

85% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Bloomberg has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,238 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bloomberg employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

1.0

Jul 10, 2010

inhumane degradation, with mojitos

Financial software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

pays well, stable, lots of potential -- in some alternate universe.

Cons

90 hour weeks, stifling beaurocracy, backstabing politics, personal degradation, self-destructive technology choices. think of it as being chained in a salt mine with open sores. living in new york is a special kind of hell too.

2.0

Jul 8, 2010

Inefficiency at its best

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free snacks, nice surroundings, friendly people.

Cons

To get anything completed you have to go through 50 people, when usually had the process been designed more effectively the problem could have been avoided in the start.

2.0

Jul 7, 2010

Data Janitor

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits, Free Food, nice people to work with

Cons

Terrible at upgrading software and programmers work at a snails pace, opportunities are largely sideways, terrible bonus structure, limited info sharing, Team Leaders use automated performance metrics (ie they don't manage), good ideas shelved, a general sense of paranoia due two the constant monitoring of everything one does (zero privacy), significant money spent on outsourcing and temps

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