Analyst in Fixed Income Portfolio Management - Anonymous employee BlackRock Employee Review

5.0
Oct 2, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Flat hierarchy/easy to take on responsibility early...People don't ascribe much value to rank (analyst, associate, etc.) in terms of what you're qualified/allowed to do on the desk. People are very friendly here, much more than you'll find in sales & trading/ most hedge funds. Managers take an interest in employee development

Cons

Pay here is less than pay at many other buyside opportunities, e.g. a PIMCO or Double Line Hard to navigate different arms of the organization/figure out where each business line fits into the big picture

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