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 (999) , Associate (938) , Vice President (576) , 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 836 reviews)); "Blackrock has some great people working very hard in most departments and provides solid operational support." ((in 674 reviews)); "good work life balance but now with 4 days in the office it is much harder" ((in 458 reviews)); "Good benefits and wokr enviroment" ((in 360 reviews)); "Interesting work and some great colleagues" ((in 177 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 264 reviews)); "long hours and lack of work" ((in 233 reviews)); "Poor management with too many silos" ((in 196 reviews)); "Low salary and too corporate." ((in 160 reviews)); "Bad managers can result in terrible experience." ((in 115 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

(6,553 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 6,553 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

Oct 15, 2012

BlackRock staunches innovation, prevents growth, gift wraps everything in red tape. Don't work here.

Quantitative analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Looks good on resume (no idea why)

Cons

- Horribly behind on IT - Very little innovation - Everything politically challenged/ego driven - Assembly line org charts (internally called laughing squid model where one person who manages one person who manages one person who manages one person who manages one person) - No transparency on compensation, promotions, ratings, business model, nothing. - Killed all the reasons why people joined BGI.

2.0

Oct 13, 2012

great people doing the work, arrogant bullies taking credit for it

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

salary, cameraderie, location, light-filled offices, diversity

Cons

inner circle mentality, more stick than carrot, non-experts making subjective decisions, hierarchy and politics over strategy and common sense

2.0

Sep 26, 2012

Good on the resume, fair on everything else

Bdo

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, decent product line up but that has changed with proliferation and high fees.

Cons

Smart people under-utilized because of politics and nonsense. If you are a self-promoter and do not mind constantly telling everyone how good and busy you are, you will do just fine. If you work hard and are humble, forget it, no one will recognize it.

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