BlackRock reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,575 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 6,575 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
2.0
Jul 8, 2010

Prepare for Micro-Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

BlackRock is a strong brand, which in some parts of the world is widely recognised. The firm is the largest buy-side (investment management) firm in the world by a long way, leading to a breadth of potential opportunity and experience. Compensation is competitive to good

Cons

Decision making is often opaque and is nearly always centred in New York, decisions seemingly being made by a small group of people The company is very inward looking, particularly with regards to technology and is wedded to a lot of poor, dated, highly proprietary technology The management style from the top of the firm is to micro-manage people and centralise control

1.0
Jul 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good benefits and decent compensation - Some opportunties for travel to interesting cities such as New York and London - That's it

Cons

- All of the decision making is centralized in New York, with people in other regions marginalized. - The old BGI resources are underutilized and in many cases demoted - Morale is low, with the majority of resources actively looking for other jobs - The people who are being laid off are happier than the people looking for jobs

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