Good place, great people - Full Stack Developer BlackRock Employee Review

5.0
Mar 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work life balance (if you’re an efficient and good developer) Compensation & Health benefit (Additional retirement fund on top of CPF if meet criteria + education reimbursement) Unlimited paid leaves (FTO) Awesome people and strong engineering culture (seriously one of the major pros) Hackathon is taken very seriously (history: one of the hackathon idea became a significant business)

Cons

Nitpick: As compared to some hedge funds, crypto firms and tech companies, there’s no free meal(s) provided. Work from home equipment support can be better

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Branding branding branding!!! an incredible brand, and having it on your resume opens some doors but not all.

Cons

The Preqin acquisition never really found its identity after becoming part of BlackRock. It felt like the focus shifted from listening to clients to fitting Preqin into a broader BlackRock strategy. As AI changes how firms access and analyze private market data, simply being a data provider isn’t enough anymore. My impression was that Preqin’s long-term value is likely to come from being integrated into the broader Aladdin ecosystem and APIs, rather than remaining a standalone platform. Leadership would benefit from spending more time listening to customers and the teams on the front lines instead of assuming they already know what the market wants.

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