Fancy name but not worth it - Associate Application Engineer 2 BlackRock Employee Review

1.0
Mar 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Meals are good. US and Europe teams are good and kind helpful. Cab service but slow usually take 1 hr for 20 min drive due to other pick ups.

Cons

• Office politics and appeasement matter a lot here over performance for growth. Tea and smoking break with manager matters a lot. No one help you internally and you need to depend upon us team for help. • Officially it is 9 hours in office, but because many projects work with US teams, late night calls are quite common. • Internal systems are slow and inefficient. Even small IT issues take a long time to get resolved. • Work pace is slow because systems are outdated and many employees face technical delays. • Some managers spend only 4–5 hours in the office but expect their team to come early, stay late, and still complete 9 hours.After that you need to login from home for US meetings. • This experience is specifically from the Aladdin Product – Post Trade Engineering Investment Operation in Gurgaon.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Plenty of opportunity to work on project teams. Lots of exposure to senior leaders in HR and the businesses. Great collaboration in the One BlackRock spirit. Benefits to support employees and their families are good.

Cons

Workload can be challenging at times. However, you are gaining a lot of new skills in a short prior of time and the ability to work with leaders is worth it.

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