Pros
I'm close with my teammates. Each team is allowed its own culture, which is a positive in my case. BlackRock is a well regarded brand which will make it easier to get a job.
Cons
- below mkt comp, 3rd quartile - not a performance culture, top performers aren't rewarded, recognized, or promoted appropriately. The most stark, and shocking, example of this is the lack of quotas in the sales org. Can you believe the sales force doesn't have quotas and isn't held accountable for not selling? - the company is constantly doing things to save costs, often at the expense of employee sanity and productivity. Examples include: cancelling software licenses yearly (adobe acrobat), forced black & white printing unless you make like 5 clicks to turn it off, lack of conf rooms, no longer offering bottled water in conference rooms, putting sensors underneath the desks in London to track the time employees spend at their desks