Transitioning - Associate BlackRock Employee Review

2.0
Dec 29, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The money can be quite good and if you work on a project that has good support you'll have something good to put on your resume.

Cons

Secretive and clubby. A lot of them started when BlackRock was small so they talk among themselves. They don't appear to have realized just yet that their current merger makes NYC the third largest office now instead of the first.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Branding branding branding!!! an incredible brand, and having it on your resume opens some doors but not all.

Cons

The Preqin acquisition never really found its identity after becoming part of BlackRock. It felt like the focus shifted from listening to clients to fitting Preqin into a broader BlackRock strategy. As AI changes how firms access and analyze private market data, simply being a data provider isn’t enough anymore. My impression was that Preqin’s long-term value is likely to come from being integrated into the broader Aladdin ecosystem and APIs, rather than remaining a standalone platform. Leadership would benefit from spending more time listening to customers and the teams on the front lines instead of assuming they already know what the market wants.

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