Bloomberg LP

Pay and benefits are very good. Job stability at Bloomberg is very good. The company encourages employees to volunteer with various charities.

The company insists that everybody comes to the office every day.

Until recently, working from home was never allowed.

Even now, it is highly discouraged by management.

Software is hurried without good design and with little documentation.

There is a lot of proprietary software, and after a few years, your expertise starts to decay.

The open-plan seating arrangement does make communication between employees better, but the noise and interruptions make concentration impossible.

The corporate culture, with its automated system of tickets, gives you the feeling of being constantly rushed to deliver.

The overly complex and poorly organized software lowers productivity.

Hire more managers from outside. Management should realize that the Bloomberg way is not the only way, and lessons could be learned from elsewhere.