Beware bad managers/team leads, HR is not on your side - Analytics and Sales Bloomberg Employee Review

2.0
12 Mar 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Learn about finance -Coworkers -Free snacks -Respected company within the industry (opinions differ greatly among internal employees)

Cons

Analytics is the worst department, whether you are in BCS or in “Analytics and Sales”. It’s just a glorified customer support position, you most likely will not be an analyst unless you work on client spreadsheets. Everyone wants out of this department whether they are having a good or bad experience. If you are unfortunately placed on a team where you have a terrible manager or team lead, you have to be their favorite, kiss up to them, or document all your successes. Even still it’s an uphill battle from there. There are several instances I have heard of and seen in real-time of HR not stepping in or keeping someone in a leadership position that has been accused of harassment (bullying, verbal, sexual, racial, microaggressions). HR or employer relations pretty much just covers everything up. Or worse it is a common practice for them to share the report with the person being reported. From that point on the person who made the report faces retaliation and nothing is done about it. Before joining a team if possible try to get feedback from current and former team members to inform your decision. Looking at the company reviews on here just proves how widespread the issue is with a bad manager/team lead being able to make or break you.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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