Very poor team management - Associate BlackRock Employee Review

2.0
Apr 10, 2017
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Pros

Worked in a couple of teams within Business Operations Group in Edinburgh. Good for fresh graduates - opportunity to learn quickly. Nothing else

Cons

The team managers are just not good enough. People have become managers before they are ready for management due to high turnover. Way too US focused. Long working hours - no work life balance The company has grown really fast without having proper plans to cope with the work required in the Operations Group. The list will go on and on

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Pros

1. The executive leaders in the firm are doing a great job 2. Many people in the firm genuinely have a sense of pride working there 3. The (base) compensation is compatible with the market; bonus, however, is another story. 4. For the first ten years of my career in the firm, I made some great memories and made some great friends.

Cons

The culture of my organization started to shift away from a sensible approach and career nurturing to a hostile and confrontational one around 2 years ago. In several all-hands meetings, we were chastised for being "too nice" and were made clear that things would change. The anonymous feedback in the meetings was cut short or eliminated entirely because it didn’t paint a positive picture. In the last 2 years, 1. I was often asked and expected to answer, "Now.. what can you do for me?" in my 1:1 with my latest manager. 2. I was reminded more than once that English is my second language 3. I was reminded more than once by the manager that I should not speak during the meetings I was invited to because they weren’t in the right timing or not appropriate to the subject being discussed during the time There were many of these examples in the last two years with the firm that just seemed inconceivable; nevertheless, I had a great ride and met some genuine people that I consider friends even today.

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