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Impressive building, pretty good pay... but bored at work, not challenging

Financial Software Developer
Former Employee
Worked at Bloomberg LP for less than 1 year
November 19, 2009
New York, New York
2.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros

Line on the resume.

Good pay, but if you count all the hours you really work, it's less impressive.

The building is really cool: multicolored glass, transparency, lots of open space.

Events scheduled for interns. Flexible work hours.

Cons

Work is not really challenging. Lots of repetitive work. Need to fill out programmer's notes every day. If you're a programmer and you hope to learn more about finance by working here, it won't happen. If you're an intern, you cannot bill more than 40 hours per week. Almost everybody works more, but you won't be paid for overtime. Free food and drinks are always there, but if you're health-conscious, most of it won't be of much benefit to you. IB - "Instant Bloomberg" - instant messaging for Bloomberg employees - can get in the way of work. Old technology.

Advice to Management

Be open to (or at least consider) creative ideas that could bring more money to the company. People can be more productive.

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