Vantaggi
Nice office building and some good employee networking events in the office.
Svantaggi
Focus is solely on gathering assets rather than serving the client. New products are launched just because the market is hot and they want to grab as much assets as possible, not because BlackRock is actually good at it. Many of the products have very poor performance, yet the management is focused on selling more rather than improving performance. The management team continues to drink their own kool-aid and keeps pushing salespeople. The expectations are not grounded in reality. Still, it would be fair if the same is expected from all. However, rampant politics and favoritism makes the company a murky place to navigate. If you naturally fit into the popular boys club, it might be easier for you, but for anyone else, playing politics and cozying up to the managers are more important than actually doing your job.