“Top Finance firm” pays clients before employees - Analyst BlackRock Employee Review

1.0
Mar 31, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Under market pay for the top asset manager. C suite cares a lot about clients. Low returns in bear market require same workload as bull. Learn to make the rich richer. They scream ESG and diversity but if you research public info on their investments they are probably doing more harm than good. The world will burn, and the minorities will suffer due to Larry

Cons

Great culture, some good perks. A happy hour every now and then to make you feel better for shoveling coal into the well oiled finance goliath.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great company, lot of growth

Cons

No cons, love it here

3.0
Feb 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1. The executive leaders in the firm are doing a great job 2. Many people in the firm genuinely have a sense of pride working there 3. The (base) compensation is compatible with the market; bonus, however, is another story. 4. For the first ten years of my career in the firm, I made some great memories and made some great friends.

Cons

The culture of my organization started to shift away from a sensible approach and career nurturing to a hostile and confrontational one around 2 years ago. In several all-hands meetings, we were chastised for being "too nice" and were made clear that things would change. The anonymous feedback in the meetings was cut short or eliminated entirely because it didn’t paint a positive picture. In the last 2 years, 1. I was often asked and expected to answer, "Now.. what can you do for me?" in my 1:1 with my latest manager. 2. I was reminded more than once that English is my second language 3. I was reminded more than once by the manager that I should not speak during the meetings I was invited to because they weren’t in the right timing or not appropriate to the subject being discussed during the time There were many of these examples in the last two years with the firm that just seemed inconceivable; nevertheless, I had a great ride and met some genuine people that I consider friends even today.

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