BlackRock Reviews
77% would recommend to a friend
(4821 total reviews)
Laurence D. Fink
86% approve of CEO
Found 4,821 of over 6K reviews
Updated 29 Nov 2023
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- "paced environment with a lot of learning 2) Colleagues are smart 3) Great brand to have on your resume" (in 113 reviews)
- "Majority of middle managers have very poor industry expertise and desperately suffer from imposter syndrome." (in 92 reviews)
- 5.019 Sept 2023AnalystCurrent Employee
Pros
Good work life balance to be honest
Cons
Difficult to get in to
- 1.013 Sept 2023Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 5 years
Pros
Good health medical benefit, flexible leaves
Cons
Pay scale much lower than market. Can have no increment in salary for a few years. Limited promotional opportunities.
- 5.07 Aug 2023Institutional SalesFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsHong Kong
Pros
great people, good work life balance, flexible time off
Cons
political environment in certain teams
- 3.010 Jul 2023AssociateFormer Employee, more than 5 yearsHong Kong
Pros
Good organization to have on CV. good platform to learn. Good work life balance
Cons
A lot of politics. pay is not good.
- 4.019 Jul 2023Index SpecialistCurrent Employee
Pros
Great work life balance, good hours
Cons
Low pay, role being too specific
- 4.012 Jul 2023Business AnalystCurrent Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
great work life balance and pay
Cons
pay is not competitive at all
- 5.03 Jul 2023AnalystFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsHong Kong
Pros
Good culture and Decent pay
Cons
Long hours, but that is industry standard
- 4.03 May 2023AssociateFormer Employee
Pros
Good work life balance here
Cons
pay lower than the street
- 4.024 Dec 2022AssociateCurrent Employee, less than 1 year
Pros
The company has a great atmosphere to work and balance your life. During the pandemic, the company can offer you a chance to work at home, at the same time, the benefits include the flexible time off, which you don't have a specific time range for your yearly leaves.
Cons
The working stress is a little large sometime, as for a specific department or a business unit, there would be not enough people in some regions.
- 3.01 Mar 2023Equity TraderCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsHong Kong
Pros
Work with some of the brightest minds in investing
Cons
Trading doesn’t have any incentives as pure execution and seen a separate from PMs
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BlackRock has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 5,689 reviews left anonymously by employees. 77% of employees would recommend working at BlackRock to a friend and 74% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -3% over the last 12 months.
77% of BlackRock employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated BlackRock 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.