Barclays Global Investors – “Transition”

Pros

Able to work with intelligent people who like to have fun. The environment has changed over the years but a lot of what makes BGI a great place to work is the tolerance for a mixture of the past and the future. In the main managers care about their teams and work hard to develop and reward them even in difficult years. You can be yourself - conformity isnt necessary but you must be great at what you do. Opportunities to develop knowledge, skill and your career are available if you perform well.

Cons

Senior management struggle with providing enough communication at the right level. They are working on this but more is needed. We are in a transition to BlackRock and whilst we continue to work hard to keep the comany successful its difficult to keep focused when the end of BGI as an independent entity is so close.

Advice to Senior Management

work hard to keep some of what made BGI great at BlackRock - make sure tht you reward strong performance. Keep working on how you communicate. Run an employee survey we havent seen one for 2 years - find out what is concerning people