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Nightmare on Lexington Avenue

Financial Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Bloomberg LP for less than 1 year
June 21, 2009
New York, New York
1.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Pay is extremely good -- twice what anybody else is offering.

Cons

Brutal hours. People die here from overwork. Be prepared to work 14-hour days and weekends.

Utterly ossified management, micromanagement, downright harassment, and brutally invasive oversight. Zero flexibility on rules or hours. Complete contempt for employees, with no credit for ideas. Incredibly bad design and obsolete technology.

Advice to Management

Replace the terminal with a web app. Give the software developers adequate tools and working computers. Give ambitious people the opportunity to do great things.

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