BlackRock – “BRS product development”

Pros

A lot of my colleagues are very competent. There's real valuable work to be done in BRS in product development. Less red tape involved in getting stuff done, although its increasing.

Cons

I've found that there's a lot of favoritism and ass kissing that goes on. I don't see that people are rewarded for hard work or accomplishments but if someone does something wrong its blown way out of proportion... at least at BRS from what I've seen in the product development group, politics is huge. People scheme against other people and in several cases I've experienced individuals who have been forced to quit because people in senior positions didn't like them for unacceptable reasons.

Advice to Senior Management

There's next to no management training... It's like they've never dealt with people before. Senior management makes me feel like a resource instead of a person. I wish that there were 360 degree reviews of management that were actually taken seriously. A lot of the management in the product development group at BRS is unprofessional and scheming.