BlackRock Reviews
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"Good company with work life balance" (in 184 reviews)
"BlackRock has a great network and lots of smart people" (in 138 reviews)
"work-life balance can be demanding" (in 179 reviews)
"The only not so great thing is the long hours" (in 118 reviews)
- Featured ReviewHelpful (1)
"Best place to work in fintech in Budapest"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at BlackRock full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Very innovative firm, there is a big emphasis on technology improvements. As a software engineer you will find yourself working with the latest tools and languages which is outstanding in the fintech sector. There is a constant effort to modernise our existing tools and write code in its best quality. The UI that we write should also look amazing and the code really needs to be tested well (not only backend, but UI...
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I did not see anything wrong while working here.
BlackRock2018-10-12 "Still going places"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at BlackRock full-time
Pros
Strong purpose, good people, positive place
Cons
Matrix management, reputation counts, spend time building relationships to further your career
Advice to Management
Keep doing what you are doing.
BlackRock2019-05-08"Great culture but watch the egos"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at BlackRock full-time for more than 6 years
Pros
People are great, culture is unique, high performing environment, fast paced global firm, flexible time off, casual dress down
Cons
Egos of some HR colleagues Long hours Matrix environment
Advice to Management
Curb the egos of some of your more ‘senior’ employees and don’t allow bullies to thrive.
BlackRock2019-05-26"Pretty Good"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at BlackRock full-time for more than 20 years
Pros
Innovative, very capable. Tries to empower all levels. Strong brand. Good work/life balance.
Cons
Difficult to make change if it is not the "BlackRock way". Career progression can be heavily weighted to "he who shouts loudest"
BlackRock2019-05-22- Helpful (1)
"Director"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at BlackRock full-time for more than 20 years
Pros
Innovation is paramount at BlackRock
Cons
Lack of people management and talent development
Advice to Management
Value your talent
BlackRock2019-05-10 "Director"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at BlackRock full-time for more than 9 years
Pros
Reputation in the market. Interesting projects
Cons
work/life balance. Can be difficult to get consensus across multiple business areas with competing objectives to agree to where required.
BlackRock2019-05-07"Great Company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at BlackRock full-time
Pros
Fluid, Flat, Nice Culture, Tech focused
Cons
No free food. Business and product drive trumps technical needs
Advice to Management
Put engineers priorities first sometimes if you want to scale
BlackRock2019-04-17"Great company but trying to stretch itself too much"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at BlackRock full-time for more than 6 years
Pros
The people and systems are one of the best in the industry, and the working culture is overall positive. The firm has an amazing reputation, and some unique resources. There is a very active ecosystem of employee networks as well. Also the recently introduced Flexible Time Off policy (unlimited holidays) is awesome.
Cons
Too much cost cutting resulting in many under resourced teams. Intensity and level of stress is not for everyone.
Advice to Management
There are some good top down decisions, but don't forget to think about implementation and longer term implications at the lower levels.
BlackRock2019-04-30"Director, Head of UK Mortgage Market"
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I have been working at BlackRock full-time
Pros
Great company, well positioned industry leader
Cons
Normal large corporate dis economies of scale
Advice to Management
Tackle the cons.
BlackRock2019-04-15"Financial Markets Advisory"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at BlackRock full-time
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...
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BlackRock Response
December 13, 2018 – Employer Brand Content Coordinator
Thank you for having contributed to our firm and for reinforcing our culture of innovation and collaboration. We’re delighted to hear you enjoyed our new Budapest office, we pride ourselves on being globally-minded and locally-focused in our 70 offices across 30 countries.