BlackRock reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,561 total reviews)
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Laurence D. Fink

83% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

BlackRock has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,561 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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2.0
Sep 26, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Smart people, decent product line up but that has changed with proliferation and high fees.

Cons

Smart people under-utilized because of politics and nonsense. If you are a self-promoter and do not mind constantly telling everyone how good and busy you are, you will do just fine. If you work hard and are humble, forget it, no one will recognize it.

3.0
Sep 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Career Mobility - if you are a good performer, you will likely be able to explore career interests within the firm WLB - Can take theoretically unlimited time off, also Asset Management is pretty chill so a lot of people (esp. parents) logging 40-50 hours/week

Cons

Career Growth - if you are smart and ambitious, don't come here. this is really a place to rest (not really vest though because you wont get paid in stock unless you are the top 0.5%) Pay - so underpaid. Really stingy within the firm, and you're not going to sniff the bonuses of other buy-side firms, even within Asset Management Culture - really on the downhill. Used to value intellectualism and meritocracy, now as they grow, its just a huge political game. Also see career growth - lots of uninspired people punching it in everyday Promotions are really slow - just a bloated corporation with a long waitlist of deserving people who are under-hired Flexibility - 4 days in the office, probably 5 coming up soon Senior Leadership - so much greenwashing, so much incompetency, and a lot of out of touch messaging. Literally there is propaganda of senior leaders blaring throughout the TVs inside the office every day, feels very dystopian

1.0
Oct 5, 2023

don't do it

Recommend
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Pros

the pay was decent, could have been better. didn't adjust salary for market inflation at all.

Cons

Unethical company, racist culture, higher-ups would scream at their assistants. lots of adults without anger management. wanted you to be available all the time. outdated tech. insufficient training. everyone was overworked. expect to do at least two people's jobs

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