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Can Be Intense

Data Warehouse Architect
Former Employee
Worked at Bloomberg LP for 2 years
September 22, 2016
New York, New York
4.0
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Pros

Cool offices, many computer monitors, PCs and Macs, adjustable height (standing) desks, nice lounge areas, lots of free food, and a nice free dinner if working after 7:00 PM.

Cons

A very competitive and intense environment. It can be very cutthroat there.

The interviews to get in can be difficult: you typically code live on HackerRank, and they watch you.

Much of the company are programmers, who often work late. The culture is super politically correct.

Bloomberg has his liberal PACs/foundations (e.g., gun control) working out of a floor in the 120 Park building, and they mix in the lounge areas. The media people work in 731 Lex, and they mix in the lounge areas too.

Many things are done on the Bloomberg Terminal (even email), which can be really weird because it is a strange user interface.

Advice to Management

Upgrade the Bloomberg Terminal UI to a modern interface. It's not even caught up to 1990s Windows yet.

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