Pros: Good pay, great workplace environment.

Cons: Nothing really bad happened.

Pros: Work-Life Balance is good. I sometimes leave work around 4 pm.

Cons: Overall an old company that cares mostly about seniority and is stubborn about policy. 1. They insisted on returning to the office during COVID times. This makes me think they don't care about their employees' health (since I am a software engineer, it's not like I really need to complete the work in the office). 2. In some teams, what you can learn is finite. After you learn every part, you probably won't learn new things unless you change teams. 3. Your assessment of your mentor or TL doesn't seem to affect them. Therefore, some mentors or TLs won't be very helpful. 4. For non-senior-level software engineers, Bloomberg helps process the green card after one year of joining. However, the company asked the employees to stay for at least two years after they got their GC, or you need to pay them back. Moreover, if you leave the company within three years, you need to give back your 401k match.

Pros: I've worked as a software engineer at Bloomberg for quite a few years now. While I've worked on a few difficult projects, I think they get a lot of things right: * Engineering is treated as a profit centre; maintaining and enhancing the product are valued as core business activities * Ongoing investment into developer experience and tooling * Many smart and hardworking employees who take their jobs seriously * As a mature and successful company, there is legacy code - but technical debt is taken seriously and there are initiatives that work to keep this under control * The company ethos is positive: inclusive, collaborative, ambitious, and serious about providing a valuable product to customers

Cons: In London, Bloomberg asks for a 9-hour workday (10 including lunch). I haven't seen examples of this being monitored or enforced, but it's something a prospective employee should consider.