BlackRock reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(6,579 total reviews)
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Laurence D. Fink

82% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

BlackRock has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,579 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
Jan 27, 2026

Life at BlackRock

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great exposure to business, close to market and clients

Cons

Comp level was below industry average

5.0
Jan 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fair salary, good career opportunities

Cons

Long, demanding working hours, but fair support by management

4.0
Jan 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Market matching salary - Yearly raise and bonus - Very good benefits - Smart collegaues + diversity - Large scale company, great challanges - Great for networking - Nice office - Macbook + generous developer tools (eg. AI etc) - Flexibility

Cons

- Competetive environment, hard to get promotions - Required overtime, standby/oncall (team dependent) - Some legacy systems which makes extremely hard to move faster - Very few team building activites / company parties - 4 days in the office, and it's really crowded, the office population exceeds the optimal levels now

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