Good place for stable career but poor compensation growth for home grown talent - Trader BlackRock Employee Review

3.0
Jun 15, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

good and flexible culture, strong and ethical leadership, the resources of Wall Street are available at your fingertips with the BlackRock name, job stability

Cons

really frustrating compensation growth for employees. time and time again I've seen really talented people leave for greener pastures solely because of money. and management decides to fill the hole by hiring someone external and pay them more. why not just make your employees that you've developed and nurtured happy ?

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BlackRock Response
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Thank you for sharing your input. We are glad to see you are enjoying our flexible culture and the values that drive our leadership and firm. We are disappointed to hear that you are not satisfied with the way colleagues are compensated. As you probably know, at BlackRock, we follow a pay for performance structure that rewards all employees fairly for their contributions and allows them to share in the firm’s growth and success. If you’re unsatisfied with your pay, we encourage you to discuss this matter with your manager and HR.

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