stable but with long working hours, less money, less career future - Anonymous employee BlackRock Employee Review

2.0
Mar 8, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

business is growing very fast after several big merge. The company actually benefited a lot from the financial crisis with the risk management system. The company has several round of layoffs, but it is relatively stable.

Cons

The compensation is very low compared with the other firms. The argument managers use is low risk with low return. Even though it is a buy-side firm, it has long working hours and is very stressful.

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Cons

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