Stable company, decent pay - Sales Bloomberg Employee Review

4.0
12 Jan 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Bloomberg has a very systematic approach to sales. If you are able to conform to the Bloomberg way, you can succeed. There are multiple opportunities to learn about other areas of the business and with the media/news arm, it gives finance people exposure to a different industry. The benefits at BBG are fantastic.

Cons

The grading system is very rigid here. If you are an out of the box thinking or an independent type of employee who does not like guidance, this may not be the place for you. The company rewards loyalty over intelligence and hard work. Managers have too much power here. There is not a lot of work/balance life as the company likes to advertise. Some "lifers' feel comfortable taking "work from home" days but generally its frowned upon and you are expected to be in the office as if you are working on the clock.

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5.0
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Pros

Good work life balance and generous company benefits

Cons

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5.0
31 May 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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