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      BlackRock

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      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (6,574 total reviews)
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      Laurence D. Fink

      83% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      BlackRock has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,574 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 Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      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.

      2.0
      May 20, 2010

      Trapped

      Vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The name and the company's reuptation in the market. That's it. If you're lucky enough to have been offered redundancy/relocation, that's a pro too.

      Cons

      Arrogant senior management clique, with golden children that can do no wrong and whose opinion counts far more than it should...

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