BlackRock reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(6,621 total reviews)
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Laurence D. Fink

83% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

BlackRock has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 6,621 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BlackRock employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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7K reviews
3.0
Mar 17, 2023

So-So company

Recommend
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Pros

-Prestige, good external options -Internal Mobility really great -Good Culture for Finance -Smart People and generally competent managers -Benefits really good, WLB on client facing teams great. Not great on investment teams

Cons

-Compensation is really below market -Inflexible. RTO really enforced -Lots of politics, big company problems -Out of touch senior management -Huge imbalance in terms of workload -Greenwashing

1.0
Mar 3, 2023

Anti American company

Recommend
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Pros

They were Blackstone and owned SeaWorld that had zero compassion towards animals and underpaid.

Cons

ESG communists, anti American values, exclusive elite.

1.0
Feb 20, 2023

Portfolio Managee

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you do a poor job - the company will not be able to differentiate.

Cons

The lack of risk expertise is alarming and the system speed is extremely slow.

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