Do not recommend! - Market Data Analyst Bloomberg Employee Review

1.0
Nov 26, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent Frat culture - Good people and have meet close friends. Everyone at the bottom is in the same boat. - Get stepping stone into another career or world. - Look if you need a job. Accept it but ready to leave at soon you get that next call.

Cons

- Please have an exit plan if your going into any role at BBG - Horrible pay for any role in Princeton - Treat you like dog Sh5%T. - little to no growth - Mike and the boys at the top - if you are remotely ambitious about your career and future do not go! - the turnover is absolutely unreal. I have about 10 years of experience and worked for several funds. I developed a good network. Never before in my life have I seen the level of turnover here. Pretty much everyone leaves. - Management is all politics -they hire you with this fancy training and work but in reality they hire a monkey to do this work. YOU DO NOT NEED A COLLEGE DEGREE TO WORK IN GLOBAL DATA. - Pay is below average. If you think its decent ask any of your friends what they are making! - Management in global data has absolutely no idea what is going on. Huge political roadshow. - WORKING AT BBG CAN BRING YOU CAREER RISK AS WELL BECAUSE FINANCE IS A SMALL WORLD AND PEOPLE TALK. - They will come ready to backstab you if you don't do the thing you want. - Retirement options are garbage (trust me I worked at other companies). There are only about 5 investment options lol - You are working with a ton of type C people. - I know this is a lot but I would strongly that you reconsider your options please!

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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
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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