Decimating your programming career - Anonymous employee Bloomberg Employee Review

1.0
14 Sept 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Graduate program and training is good (they pay you to train you), after that get out asap. - Fish tanks and free food

Cons

- Legacy stack, all the things you will be working with feels like 1980s - Fire fighting - Things didn't break why fix it - Nothing new and challenging, this is a huge killer for me - Limited tech stack you can use - You don't normally get to choose which team you end up with - The new building is so focus on being cool looking, it forgets that people need quite work space, with enough toilets and non-squeaky wooden floor and private sit down meeting spaces. Yep, that is all that is lacking.

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Great company, in this role you have the chance to learn about the financial markets, the terminal, and also you get client exposure.

Cons

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2.0
12 May 2026
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Pros

Great Office, Free Snacks and plenty of social events

Cons

Be prepared for a heavily politicised culture — it's pervasive and affects day-to-day working life significantly. The organisation suffers from clear in-group favouritism at the leadership level, where certain groups are visibly preferred for opportunities, recognition, and advancement. This creates an uneven playing field and quietly damages morale for those outside those circles. Leadership collaboration leaves a lot to be desired. In four years, I didn't experience a single structured team-building or bonding initiative — a telling sign of how little investment goes into people and team cohesion. Perhaps most concerning is the approach to compliance. Raising legitimate concerns or challenging existing practices is met with significant resistance from senior stakeholders, rather than genuine engagement. A culture where pushback replaces accountability is one worth approaching with caution.

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