Does BlackRock pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BlackRock employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 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 (940) , Vice President (577) , Director (298) , Summer Analyst (158) , Software Engineer (149) , 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 841 reviews)); "Blackrock has some great people working very hard in most departments and provides solid operational support." ((in 672 reviews)); "good work life balance but now with 4 days in the office it is much harder" ((in 448 reviews)); "Good benefits and culture and FTO" ((in 390 reviews)); "Interesting work and some great colleagues" ((in 172 reviews))

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

"long hours and lack of work" ((in 229 reviews)); "Poor management with too many silos" ((in 193 reviews)); "low salary and bonus." ((in 172 reviews)); "Poor managers who are just in the right place right time to be promoted (got in early)." ((in 109 reviews)); "Compensation is low and not transparent" ((in 99 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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3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,560 total reviews)

Laurence D. Fink

82% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

BlackRock has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,560 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

4.0

Jun 8, 2010

Great culture overall but BlackRock Solutions is a sinking ship.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Incredibly collaborative culture from a senior level all the way down. There are no fifes from what I have observed in my time there (just under two years). It is also quite cerebral and BRS (with the exception of the Financial Markets Advisory Group) is basically a technology company (if that's the culture you're looking for).

Cons

There isn't an aggressive commercially focused culture that you would typically find elsewhere on Wall Street. Knowledge management / dissemination is relatively poor. They do not treat lateral hires that well.

2.0

Jun 6, 2010

Arrogance & Chaos.

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Apparently a good name to have on your CV. Some good and hard working colleagues. Decent corporate discount scheme. Good office locations in London and New York.

Cons

Top two or three managers in lines of business and IT make all the decisions. The unwillingness to properly delegate breeds impotent and insecure subordinate managers and results in even the most straightforward request becoming a painful one. Communication is poor - even deliberately so. Very curious technology choices. The arrogance of senior IT staff has built an overly complicated infrastructure and suite of applications.

2.0

May 28, 2010

Its the number of hours you work, not the quality of work or even if you delivered

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Blackrock has some very intelligent people that work here, so on a personal level one can stand to learn a lot. Great name to have on your resume.

Cons

There is a lot of division within the company between Ex BGI, Ex MLIM and BLK employees. People seem to introduce themselves by declaring which group they belong in, which is contrary to the 'One Blackrock' culture that the Senior Management harp about. The company also has major culture devides which makes it a very political environment to work in and also does not inculcate any trust across the said groups. The culture is not very tolerant of strong dissent, anyone who stands up to senior management to say this is not how things should be done seems to get thier hands slapped. Very very fear driven culture. Feels like a bad wallstreet movie from the 80s.

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