Not good for SWE - Software Engineer BlackRock Employee Review

2.0
Apr 2, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Rotation program is good for a variety of experience. Depending on the team, work hours in APG team could be short. Most ppl here in SF leave between 5-6. Work is not too stressful. Nap room is pretty neat.

Cons

1. Don't really have lots of technical challenging projects. In fact, I wasn't even given SWE work for the past few months despite being in APG group.. I worked more like a business operation person. 2. If you are not in finance, you feel like a second class citizen. 3. They significantly underpay you compare to other tech companies in the bay area. After I left the company my salary doubled... 4. Micro management is everywhere. Senior managers walk around on the floor to see how hard people are working everyday, how many hours of face time they show etc. 5. No perks. No free lunch/dinner anything. 6. Very financy culture. They watch how you dress everyday and when you show up to the office. Super hierarchical. You only get to do what your manager tell you to do in the way they wanted it be done, if you are a junior person. I wouldn't recommend anyone who's a software engineer to work here...

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