BlackRock Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"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."

"Doers should avoid BlackRock. You cannot get anything meaningful done without having to navigate red tape, attend endless meetings, and withstand political backstabbing. If you do happen to be working on something meaningful, a senior manager will take it over after 90% completed saying, "This is too important to have a junior manager leading it". You will only be promoted if you are connected to the right people. If you are not connected, your "role" (defined by BLK and HR) will be deemed inappropriate for advancement. Either you move somewhere else internally, thereby resetting your service time for promotion, or you are out of luck. You can do everything for everyone, and then watch dead-weight get promoted ahead of you."

"Managers have a tendency to second guess all technology decisions. They are under the impression that they are more expert in technology than the technical experts that they hire. Pay is very good, but you will definitely earn it in terms of hours and aggravation. There is absolutely no loyalty to the employees and managers will sacrifice you at a moments notice if that's what it takes to make them look good. They will do anything to save a buck of initial expense without considering the overall cost of those decisions."

"The company is a great place to be if you are looking for a career in Finance. I work in marketing and unfortunately the Financial Industry in General is a bit behind in its abilities to compete with other industries, but internally, there is very little understanding for the need to communicate through modern marketing channels to gain more business outside of institutional targets. This can be frustrating to someone in a marketing role as it does not allow for innovation, or recognition."