Diversity & Inclusion That Supports Existing Exclusion. - Software Engineer Bloomberg Employee Review

1.0
22 Nov 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nothing you couldnt get elsewhere.

Cons

Relevant to the 3% in the UK.(12% in US) Top four levels of engineering are near 100% W-SEA-SA. Check FON. Reflects decades of racist hiring and promotion practices. Preference in hiring African graduates to boost race ratios. For two reasons. No one on a visa is going to speak up about racism. The opposite. They will support the racist work culture. And two, they can pay them less than a visa candidate from SEA/SA. Hostile work culture. Racial codes and signalling. Pocket tapping, bag clutching, ignoring you in meetings, harassment from security, false accusations of theft, racist language, segregating into race dominate teams. All SEA/SA teams but never all AA/AD. Walking through the London office is like walking through a neighbourhood you don't belong in. I suspect if desks could have hazard lights and alarms, they would be flashing/going off as you pass by. Don't trust HR or any Diversity Advocate / outside agencies / charities. Especially if they say its anonymous. They are all there to protect the company in case of litigation / media attention. Get a lawyer/solicitor instead. All comes from the founder, Micheal Bloomberg. No surprise he came up with stop-and-frisk, which was then copied by the UK with stop-and-search.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities to do lots of work with data and finance to apply knowledge in both programming and Subject-Matter Expertise (SME). Excellent Work-Life Balance (WLB) and extremely welcoming culture. You can reach out to anyone for help or just to talk, and they will get back to you (although management does require more scheduling in advance). Generous compensation (good wage) and benefits, including housing for interns. If you heard the rumors that the Bloomberg Princeton office has a great Bloomberg Pantry (read: company-provided breakfast and lunch), the rumors are true.

Cons

Not the place for those looking for cutting-edge AI. The company is not as fast with AI as the company prioritizes reliability and accuracy above all, and much of AI is not at an acceptable threshold for management to be willing to take that risk with financial data (at least in 2026). You may get a project to automate menial processes, which is really cool, but that tends to involve actually doing the menial processes, which feels unproductive. Princeton office is good but New York is considered preferable. Coworkers are not very reachable outside of work hours. Compensation is low in Data compared to Software Engineers.

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