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 (944) , Vice President (577) , Director (298) , Summer Analyst (158) , Software Engineer (151) , 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 854 reviews)); "Blackrock has some great people working very hard in most departments and provides solid operational support." ((in 686 reviews)); "good work life balance but now with 4 days in the office it is much harder" ((in 435 reviews)); "Good benefits and wokr enviroment" ((in 377 reviews)); "Interesting work and some great colleagues" ((in 169 reviews))

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

"The pay is low and the level of responsibility is poor." ((in 252 reviews)); "long hours and lack of work" ((in 237 reviews)); "Poor management with too many silos" ((in 199 reviews)); "low salary and bonus." ((in 164 reviews)); "Poor managers who are just in the right place right time to be promoted (got in early)." ((in 111 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.

BlackRock reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,574 total reviews)

Laurence D. Fink

83% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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BlackRock has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,574 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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7K reviews

3.0

Jun 17, 2022

Don't expect promotions

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great to begin your career as a software developer - Few good incentives like transport/food etc

Cons

- Don't expect promotions / major incentives until year 4 of your employment - Work Life balance is awful

1.0

Apr 21, 2022

Horrible work environment for females

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fto policy and heath benefits

Cons

Work hours, make dominated company, pay gaps

4.0

Sep 15, 2021

“Growing” Environment that Constantly Strives to Improve

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Company’s product is high impact (manages more money than any other single software, possibly) - Company’s eagerness to fulfill “fiduciary duty” really rubs into you - Company constantly makes the effort to make itself a modern “fintech” company in culture and tech stack as opposed to its origin as a in-house software branch for a non-tech finance firm - Somewhat a continuation of the last point — company is pretty open in terms of adopting new tech stacks

Cons

- Tech debt runs rampant without a firm incentive/structure to decrease it (but this can be said for many companies) - Culture clash between “old school” business/finance centric minds and “new school” fintech minds result in volatile engineering decisions at times. - No central tech stack vision (every team to their own tech stack and best practices), an unfortunate casualty of effort to adopt all the latest and greatest tech.

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