Financial Markets Advisory - Financial Markets Advisory BlackRock Employee Review

2.0
Apr 6, 2019
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Pros

Strong brand opens doors Diverse and smart co-workers Down to earth corporate culture

Cons

Opaque, slow and political promotion process Poor compensation FMA one of the worst groups within BlackRock Since the early days, FMA has essentially been transformed into a risk consultancy group, similar to that of the Big 4 firms. Financial / capital markets work now only constitutes a small part of the overall pipeline. There are limited touch points between FMA's activities and the rest of the firm, other than Aladdin. FMA's leadership is relatively political and does not adequately address structural issues (extensive business travel, long hours, neglected data analytics team, lack of promotions, etc.). The future strategy for the team is unclear and it remains to be seen if FMA will be around in the long run.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We’re disappointed to hear you had an unsatisfactory experience, we pride ourselves in empowering each team within the firm to perform at its best and have the necessary tools and support to succeed.

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