Does BlackRock pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BlackRock employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BlackRock. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BlackRock?

68% of BlackRock employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BlackRock 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BlackRock?

Analyst (1000) , Associate (943) , Vice President (577) , Director (298) , Summer Analyst (158) , Software Engineer (150) , Intern (131) , Financial Analyst (76) , Portfolio Manager (71) , Managing Director (64) , Business Analyst (55) , Administrative Assistant (47) , Summer Intern (43) , Associate Software Engineer (36) , Senior Software Engineer (36)

What are the pros of working at BlackRock according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture and very easy to connect with people both in and outside the office." ((in 848 reviews)); "Blackrock has some great people working very hard in most departments and provides solid operational support." ((in 670 reviews)); "good work life balance but now with 4 days in the office it is much harder" ((in 428 reviews)); "Good benefits and wokr enviroment" ((in 369 reviews)); "paced environment with a lot of learning 2) Colleagues are smart 3) Great brand to have on your resume" ((in 182 reviews))

What are the cons of working at BlackRock according to real employee reviews?

"long hours and lack of work" ((in 228 reviews)); "Poor management with too many silos" ((in 193 reviews)); "Low salary and too corporate." ((in 164 reviews)); "Bad managers can result in terrible experience." ((in 115 reviews)); "Compensation is low and not transparent" ((in 104 reviews))

What are employees saying about BlackRock layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BlackRock layoffs and their outlook for job security at BlackRock in 2026.

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BlackRock reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,571 total reviews)

Laurence D. Fink

83% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

BlackRock has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,571 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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

7K reviews

1.0

Oct 17, 2010

micro-management and general lack of empowerment unless you are in the "inner circle"

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

biggest asset manager in the world broad range of products and some blue-chip clients "one BlackRock" architectural model kind of impressive (though often not followed)

Cons

decisions are taken far away in NY without consulting the people who know what they are doing staff are not empowered to act on their own and independent thought is discouraged (I found out the hard way) technology is very old-fashioned and variable quality presenteeism culture especially in the US terminal short-termism in IT planning

2.0

Jun 10, 2010

RIP BGI...

Vice president - it support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Still has a core group of good people at the heart of it's technology support teams (I am probably biased, but this is predominantly due to some of the legacy BGI folks still being here) There's not really anything else I can think of... there's free milk in the kitchenette areas?

Cons

Wants to be a world-class investment manager but refuses to invest in anything to get there (outside of it's Aladdin product), landing it all squarely on the shoulders of any employees unlucky enough not to have been made redundant. Doesn't seem to think anything of the breadth of talent that props up it's technology sector. Extreme lack of communication whilst management dilly-dally with major strategic decisions, leaving staff to feel exposed and dejected.

2.0

May 20, 2010

Trapped

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The name and the company's reuptation in the market. That's it. If you're lucky enough to have been offered redundancy/relocation, that's a pro too.

Cons

Arrogant senior management clique, with golden children that can do no wrong and whose opinion counts far more than it should...

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