Is BlackRock a good company to work for?

BlackRock has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 7,822 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at BlackRock to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about BlackRock have been left by employees working as Project Manager , Summer Analyst and Investment Analyst .

Does BlackRock pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BlackRock employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BlackRock. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BlackRock?

70% of BlackRock employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BlackRock 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BlackRock?

Analyst (1017) , Associate (953) , Vice President (583) , Director (299) , Summer Analyst (161) , Software Engineer (153) , Intern (133) , Financial Analyst (76) , Portfolio Manager (71) , Managing Director (63) , Business Analyst (55) , Administrative Assistant (47) , Summer Intern (44) , Associate Software Engineer (36) , Senior Software Engineer (36)

What are the pros of working at BlackRock according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture and very easy to connect with people both in and outside the office." ((in 866 reviews)); "Blackrock has some great people working very hard in most departments and provides solid operational support." ((in 679 reviews)); "good work life balance but now with 4 days in the office it is much harder" ((in 458 reviews)); "Good benefits and wokr enviroment" ((in 381 reviews)); "paced environment with a lot of learning 2) Colleagues are smart 3) Great brand to have on your resume" ((in 182 reviews))

What are the cons of working at BlackRock according to real employee reviews?

"long hours and lack of work" ((in 233 reviews)); "Poor management with too many silos" ((in 197 reviews)); "Low salary and too corporate." ((in 165 reviews)); "Bad managers can result in terrible experience." ((in 119 reviews)); "Compensation is low and not transparent" ((in 103 reviews))

What are employees saying about BlackRock layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BlackRock layoffs and their outlook for job security at BlackRock in 2026.

What are the top reviewed BlackRock locations?

New York , San Francisco , Wilmington , Atlanta , Princeton , Seattle , Boston , Chicago , Philadelphia , Los Angeles , Plainsboro , Washington , Delaware City , Blanchard , Dallas , South San Francisco , Claymont , Florham Park , Jersey City , Buffalo , Brooklyn , Staten Island , Davison , San Antonio , Delaware , Newport Beach , Santa Monica , Sausalito , Newark , Hell

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BlackRock reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(6,627 total reviews)

Laurence D. Fink

83% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

BlackRock has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 6,627 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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Reviews by job title

7K reviews

2.0

Jan 9, 2021

Dont work in Operations

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you are fortunate you will be able who genuinely care about your career development and work/life balance.

Cons

the pay is less than industry average. They will give you more work than can be reasonably done by a single person, even working close to 12 hours a day. Internal mobility is a joke, what matters is who you know, not what you know. In order to get promoted it takes an enormous amount of effort. you have to consistently outperform your peers by doing significant more work and working longer hours at the expense of any outside life you may have. day after day, week after week, year after year.

1.0

Dec 2, 2020

Okay but not goid

Accountant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not the best place to work

Cons

Bad place to work at

3.0

Oct 6, 2020

Excellent senior managers but middle managers needed training

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

All the senior managers (MDs) who I encountered during my three years at the firm were exceptional. They were articulate, strategy-focused. And they listen to and care about their employees. My colleagues who were working on the business side were very smart and professional. Strong HR department. The flexible-time-off program was a plus for me, i.e. take time off whenever I needed. The senior leadership of the firm held frequent town halls at all levels of the firm to keep everyone in the know.

Cons

The middle managers in the technology department that I've worked with lacked either technical expertise or people management skills in general with only a few exceptions. The tech stack was a hodgepodge and a lot of the internal tools were very old. The code deployment process lacked automation. I felt that the solution middle management picked was to throw more people performing manual deployments at very late hours. Another big pain was the time zone difference. This was especially painful when you needed to work closely with your teammates, but only to find out they were in many different timezones (India, London, East/West coast, etc) simultaneously. The work-life balance was awful.

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