Bloomberg BNA Reviews

Cons

Too many to list, but for the benefit of those looking to work here I will try to be neutral.

I can only speak for the UK London office, Sales training is SHOCKINGLY awful. I mean - there is no sales training, you have some videos to watch and some tests on product knowledge, and then you basically come in and the sales manager goes on calls with you, which leaves you with little room to breathe.

Other sales managers might be different, but they are all based in the US, the sales structure is strange where there is just one team dealing with sales outside of North America.

So no room to progress if you want to move into management you have to wait for people to leave.

Treatment of contractors is equal to treatment of second class citizens. Its appalling to see really.

Leadership in the office have zero interest in their own employees well being. A lot of fake sincerity and lack of authenticity at the top which kills the motivation of employees. Also leadership sits in glass bowls away from employees - the power distance is ridiculous.

No one is happy. I mean no one on the permanent staff seem truly happy. There is a sense that they are all desperate to leave if an opportunity came their way.

There are toxic employees too - those who just complain, and emanate with negativity, because they have worked at BNA for years management can't get rid of them.

The office is deathly quiet - no one talks, no communication. And when I say no communication I mean it - think about the repercussions regardless of what job you do if people don't talk?

Too much unspoken resentment for the MD. Toxic.

Cons

The office 'atmosphere' is moribund, there seems to be a lack of effective leadership and employee engagement.

Cons

Can get stale dealing with politics daily

Cons

Management is not great -- most managers are evaluated as individual contributors, not held accountable for how they work with their teams;
Generous in some regards (pay and benefits) but weirdly stingy in others (conferences and training)

Cons

Aside from the other interns you really don't have interaction with anyone else in the office (which is pretty large)

Cons

Very high turnover rate. You have to make 100's of cold calls every week and are expected to have 10 appts a week (which no one really can do, week after week). You don't get credit for repeat customers (customers renewing their contract every year, which is common). You only get credit for net new business, so you're constantly "chasing the carrot". Your territory has been overworked by every sales person before you, so your customers don't want to see you. I eventually found out that I was the 6th sales rep to work my territory in the last 11 years (most sales reps quit or get fired after 1-2 years of working there). The ones that stay are really stressed.
They have "cold calling" day once or twice a month, which I used to dread (along with most other reps). Basically, all the reps on the team compete against each other to make as many appts as possible in 1 day. (5 is the expectation). So, if you only get 2 or 3 for the day, your manager will call/email you angrily asking why you didn't get more, lay a guilt trip on you, and put even more pressure on you. No matter how hard you work, it's never good enough in their eyes.

Cons

October 2018 saw mass layoffs at the company. Length of service and consistently excellent performance were no protection and are apparently considered liabilities by corporate drones out of New York City brought in specifically to give people the axe.

Cons

pay, pay, pay, pay, pay

Cons

No flexibility in work from home options

Cons

Complacent Managers, The old guard from before Bloomberg take over control a lot are are resistant to technology and change.