BLK culture disappear in 2007. - Vice President BlackRock Employee Review

3.0
16 May 2012
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Pros

- Exposure to a large financial institution and all of the products and clients that come with it. - One of the best risk management system in the financial markets today. - Working for a truly global institution. - Excellent compensation packages for all levels employees. - Responsibility from the first day of employment. - Larry Fink is the most strategically aggressive CEO on Wall Street today.

Cons

- Could be compared to working at the US Government with how much red tape is strung around the place now. When I started ingenuity was valued and encouraged. - Career progression does not exist. No exit opportunities. - Work / life balance is a joke. - When the individuals that created BlackRock start to retire I wonder what will be done to continue the success. After the MLIM acquisition there were so many zombies from Merrill that it ended up driving the effective managers to retirement or other companies.

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5.0
27 June 2026
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Pros

Very Big company and alot of access to amazing people.

Cons

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3.0
22 Feb 2026
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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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