I quit - Associate BlackRock Employee Review

3.0
Apr 17, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, good benefits. Nothing more beyond that.

Cons

After I filed reports with Employee Relations, my manager would confront me and say things like "You should not have involved Employee Relations", and he would try to intimidate me. I was often used as a scapegoat when someone else was to blame or it was an issue beyond my scope. I was expected to put in extra hours to meet unreasonable deadlines. I finally had enough and resigned without having a new job lined up. The firm has several Employee Resource Groups and takes pride in their Mental Health Ambassador program, but it's mostly just a show. They do not actively really get involved or do events that Resource Groups should do to promote a healthy, psychologically safe, work environment. There are no consequences for management that bullies employees and uses scare tactics to intimidate those at a lower level. Be prepared to go into the office three days a week. This is the expectation and if you are not going in at least three days a week, you are placed on the "naughty" list and reprimanded.

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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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