Terrible work environment, pay increases are far less than the rest of the company - Equity Research Analyst Bloomberg Employee Review

1.0
Jun 4, 2017
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Pros

Good benefits such as health etc..

Cons

The moral and work environment in this department is at an all time low. For such a company that tries to promote transparency the whole time, this department does the complete opposite. Management does not look after existing employees and shows this every year with minimum pay increases, instead using the money to pay ludicrous wages for people they pull in from the street who end up writing garbage. Management has turned what could be a great research department into a hamster wheel. The same nonsense is regurgitated on a regular basis and takes away from what could be insightful ideas generated. More and more people continue to leave the department and are fed up with how it is being run into the ground.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance and generous company benefits

Cons

Upside in bonus was capped low. People with wall street experiences are highly valued than those who are with the firm longer

5.0
May 31, 2026
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Pros

Only a five-hour-per-week time commitment, which is very manageable with my class schedule. Bloomberg provides ideas for challenges and activities to host at my school, so I would not have to come up with everything from scratch. There is flexibility to choose when I table and to tailor the role around my schedule.

Cons

The budget for the program is tight, which is frustrating because advertising to law students is exactly how Bloomberg Law builds a dedicated user base. In my opinion, whoever makes the budget is not seeing the bigger vision. A lot of attorneys may not like Bloomberg Law, use it regularly, or ask their firms to purchase a subscription simply because they were never meaningfully exposed to it in law school. This is exactly why Lexis has taken over in such a big way: its presence and budget are felt at law schools across the country. If Bloomberg wants future attorneys to become loyal users, it needs to invest more seriously in reaching students while they are still learning which legal research platforms they prefer.

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