BlackRock reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,556 total reviews)
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Laurence D. Fink

82% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

BlackRock has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,556 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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1.0
May 29, 2019

All that glitter is not gold

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits, Private Pension, 1 Home Office/week, nice office

Cons

No work/life balance, overtime is expected but not paid, manual work, horrible management:the management checks on you when you are working from home if you are really online, the management checks how many minutes you spend on lunch and coffee break, they promote team members to TL level without any management skills, the local management and from abroad they speak to team members if we were like dogs or slaves - no respect at all no flexible working hours, no flexible time off, salary is low, no salary increase. Overall please avoid this workplace, I have never felt so miserable in my life like when I worked there. At the interview they say all the nice things about flexibility and how good they are, but nothing came true. They fire people without explanations.

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BlackRock Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We’re disappointed to hear about your experiences with management behavior, what you’ve described is not acceptable for a manager. We will take note of the issues you have raised and address them.
1.0
Feb 15, 2019

Blackrock Has Killed FutureAdvisor

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It used to be an awesome place to work.

Cons

At this point, almost everything is a con. There is a huge lack of transparency both in FutureAdvisor leadership and in Blackrock leadership. Any dissent is not tolerated. People are leaving FutureAdvisor in droves. It's full "abandon ship" there. FutureAdvisor has moved within Blackrock's main office now, and the lines have been so blurred, the culture of FutureAdvisor has been completely destroyed. The worst part is that management doesn't even realize the damage they have done and continue to do to their employees. Managers only care about getting the next product out, at whatever cost. Morale has been gone for better part of a year. It seems like at this point management is doing thing to encourage people to leave.

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BlackRock Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We are disappointed to hear that you’ve had an unsatisfactory experience with your manager/leadership. If you are willing, we encourage you to share more specific examples of what you experienced by contacting HR.
2.0
Mar 29, 2018

Robo has seen better days

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits from parent company. There are still some awesome people left. Still some interesting problems to solve (although some work becomes repetitive)

Cons

Executive decisions are secretive and black-boxed from employees. However, most of this information is known among employees. There is a loss of trust. The business makes excuses for turnover, but should not deny having many of their high performers leave within a short period of time (even for a small company). Another comment mentioned that FutureAdvisor has "too much process"... while in reality, the organization as a whole is releasing unfinished/rushed work on a regular basis. This is due to short-sighted, aggressive deadlines. Business prides itself on work-life balance, but instead awards/spotlights employees who work ridiculous hours due to executive failures.

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