Toxic-run away - Vice President BlackRock Employee Review

1.0
4 Feb 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Has a great reputation in financial circles because it is the largest asset manager. Heavyweight for clients.

Cons

Working there was a horrible. Specifically worked under the Aladdin Tech Group as a BA. You are brainwashed into thinking that your sacrifice in time and efforts are a given but are worth it. You are expected to do 24 hrs of work in 12 hrs time so you end up in office past 12am. You think you are working so that you can move forward but you will be thrown under the bus in a blink of an eye. People will use you and step on you to further their own agendas. There is no support, no foundation. There is no merit based rewards. It is never enough. I was brainwashed so badly into thinking that it was normal to dedicate myself to work that my body broke down. My mind didnt realized it wasn't right. As an otherwise healthy 25 year old, I managed to develop shingles. My doctor told me it was from stress as it usually is something that only the really old or really young gets. Pay wasn't even good enough for me to say that it was worth it. Even on good years, there was never more than 5-9% bonus. Run away.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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