BlackRock reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(6,578 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 6,578 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
1.0
Aug 31, 2010
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

The best and only reason I can think of is that the name BlackRock on your resume will garner some attention from future employers.

Cons

You have to sell your soul to make it here. They burn through people with no regard at all. I would not recommend to anyone.

1.0
Jul 30, 2010

Ungrateful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The ONLY reason I can think of is to have the name BlackRock on your resume.

Cons

Work you hard with little to no thanks, then toss you aside. Very political.

2.0
Jul 8, 2010

Prepare for Micro-Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

BlackRock is a strong brand, which in some parts of the world is widely recognised. The firm is the largest buy-side (investment management) firm in the world by a long way, leading to a breadth of potential opportunity and experience. Compensation is competitive to good

Cons

Decision making is often opaque and is nearly always centred in New York, decisions seemingly being made by a small group of people The company is very inward looking, particularly with regards to technology and is wedded to a lot of poor, dated, highly proprietary technology The management style from the top of the firm is to micro-manage people and centralise control

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