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

Stiff competition in market can create some cost pressures as with any company.

Cons

Constantly changing leadership and restructuring.

Cons

A lot depends on which team you end up on. Some directors and team leaders have a much higher quality of leadership than others. People who are rewarded the most all seem to have a background in sales or marketing. It's a very sales- and marketing-driven organization, not a technology-driven one. There are some ugly politics in some corners of the company. The product development organization as a whole pays lip service to some methods, especially Agile Scrum, without honoring their spirit, thus missing out on many of the benefits. The office environment can be unpleasant -- hyper-open, with lots of distractions and often no opportunity to focus.

Cons

I can't speak for the rest of the company or different departments but in the Software division, there could be a lack of flexibility in terms of hours or remote work depending on your boss (or how much they like you). Policies were not consistently applied across the division. This department seems to compete with large name companies and get Enterprise level customers without hiring enough people or providing resources to be successful. A general lack of concern for customer requests and a lack of funding for legacy products. Few women or minorities in positions of leadership. A strategy that talks about innovation but is far behind in comparison to the products and offerings of its' competitors. Management also needs to understand how to pivot the product and strategy if it isn't working. Spending tons of money on products that don't sell at the expense of retaining customers on ones that do. So much potential but poor execution.

Cons

There is basically zero upward mobility. The territories are closed with limited earning potential. Management doesn’t really care about the employees.

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Quickly changing goals and management

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compensation, ethics, integrity, leadership, professionalism,

Cons

This is not a place to grow a career, but to maintain one. You will also not have a lot of job mobility. The likelihood of you setting the world on fire here is low, but the trade off is a more measured, more stable work environment, and a work/life balance that I've never experienced anywhere else in my career. There's also something of a generational divide, both between the 'old guard' from the Bureau of National Affairs and the new Bloomberg people, and between the age groups. Millennials looking for excitement are pretty much out of luck. The different divisions don't really communicate well with one another (and in at least one division, within,) and so you are frequently in situations where well-meaning, hardworking people are stagnating on projects because of that breakdown in communication. Because nearly everyone in the company is highly educated, you will encounter ego issues on occasion.