Working at BlackRock in San Francisco, CA: 9 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Francisco, CA Area

"Due to my current employment, I would prefer not to disclose a review of my company at this time."

"I’ve worked for BlackRock for almost two years now. Although I don’t enjoy the company culture, I think the dedication at the firm is admirable."

"Company has good benefits, and there's a great amount of importance placed on work/life balance. It's very easy to network, and get to know other parts of the firm. The company often promotes giving back to our communities such as donations for tragic events, or just to charities of our choice."

"I have worked with BlackRock for 10 years. I had many roles at thee company. It is a large company with many divisions. You can easily move between groups."

What do you like about working at BlackRock?

"Good pay and benefits, some great people, and interesting projects from time to time."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask about the budget. Maybe your department is lucky and can afford to put the right tools and people in the right place. Grill the people hiring on what you need to do to make the bosses look good, possible career paths, and where the company is going overall."

What don't you like about working at BlackRock?

"It's a challenge to get the proper system and tools in place with the budget and time constraints. It's unrealistic for a quality job to be done quickly, let alone cheaply. For an organization that is the largest asset manager in the world, it sometimes seems as if our budget is peanuts. There seems to be more of a focus on saving costs than putting the right people and the right equipment in the right place."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus more on retaining talent, training, and giving the right tools and systems to employees. Focus less on mergers and acquisitions, extreme savings, and get rid of useless/toxic employees."

What do you like about working at BlackRock?

"Salary, although that is stagnating. The San Francisco office looks nice."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Negotiate your title and pay up front. I have actively heard hiring managers say they want to get someone cheaper than they are worth."

What don't you like about working at BlackRock?

"People are simply motivated by advancing their title. The politics around this are simply awful. The reason for this rat race is because once you have reached the pay level and title of Managing Director, you can rest on your title and do no useful work. Additionally, communication at BlackRock is poor with too many meetings and an inbox deluged with blanket emails."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think our CEO has forgotten the third leg of the stakeholder stool: Shareholders, customers, AND employees. I would take Henry Ford's tact and share more of the company profits with employees, rather than cutting pay and then paying myself megamillions annually. Using te state of the financial industry as an excuse is deplorable when you extract millions in profits for your own coffers."

"Good experience"

What do you like about working at BlackRock?

"It is a Win7 Large scale migration contract started Jan. 2012 to present"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is a contract job I am managing and there is no IT project management opening"

What don't you like about working at BlackRock?

"No Full time opportunity for project management and growth. client is set on old ways of doing things."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more open to new ideas on how to efficiently do processes"