Our culture
Empowering employees to drive performance and innovation
As a firm, we strive to make a positive impact in the communities in which we operate. Our employees around the globe talk about how BlackRock isn’t your typical asset manager. Our culture is incredibly entrepreneurial and built on collaboration across teams and time zones. With a relentless focus on innovation, we work in a fast-paced, sometimes intense, environment that encourages – and allows – us to challenge ourselves and one another.
We are building a culture where each employee contributes to driving performance for our firm and our clients – and where every person is empowered to thrive.
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Culture inspires employees to go above and beyond their responsibilities every day, to solve the most difficult problems, and to join together as One BlackRock to help people invest for retirement and achieve their most important financial goals.
The guiding principles that drive our business and culture
BlackRock’s long-term success depends on our ability to fulfill our mission of creating better financial futures for our clients. As we pursue that mission, we are guided by our culture and a set of principles that ensure we never forget what we stand for – to help more and more people experience financial well-being. That is our ultimate purpose.
We seek to hire people who believe in this pursuit and our values, known as the BlackRock Principles:
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We are a fiduciary to our clients
- Our clients' interests come first.
- The fiduciary mindset is the bedrock of our identity. It reflects our integrity and the unbiased advice we give our clients.
- And it's what inspires us to come to work every day and help people build better futures.
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We are One BlackRock
- We work collaboratively to create the best outcomes for our clients, our firm and the communities where we operate.
- A diverse workforce is indispensable to our creativity and success. It’s how we answer the biggest questions and solve the toughest problems.
- An inclusive, equitable environment makes us thrive. It enables us to draw on expertise and unique experiences from across the firm and bring out the best in each other.
- Aladdin unifies us, creating a common language for us to interpret the world, the markets and our clients’ needs.
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We are passionate about performance
- We are relentless about finding better ways to serve our clients and improve our firm. Since our founding, innovation has been at the center of how we deliver performance and stay ahead of our clients’ needs.
- We have continually reinvented our firm and our industry to help people achieve their goals.
- We are lifelong students - of markets, of technology and of the world.
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We take emotional ownership
- The people we serve entrust us to help them prepare for the future. Our culture is defined by the deep sense of responsibility we feel to our clients and to each other.
- In everything we do – from the investment performance we deliver to the technology we develop – we are emotionally invested in our clients’ futures.
- We are equally invested in the success of our firm and our colleagues. We hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards of excellence.
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We are committed to a better future
- We are long-term thinkers, focused on helping people build a better tomorrow. We are deeply invested in the success of all of our stakeholders – our clients, our employees, our shareholders and the communities where we operate.
- We always strive to serve more people and to find new and innovative ways to help them achieve financial well-being.
Our unique principle-driven culture has led to some recognition among organizations we admire.
Indeed
Top-Rated Workplaces (Top 50) 2019
Glassdoor
Best Places to Work 2022 - UK (#12) & US (#72)
Bloomberg
Gender-Equality Index 2023
JUST Capital
Rankings of America's Most JUST Companies (2023)
RippleMatch
Campus Forward Award (2023)
eFinancial Careers
#1 Ideal Employer in Asset Management 2017-2018
Wall Street Journal
Best Managed Companies of 2022
Fortune
World’s Most Admired Companies
Workplace Equality Index
Gold Employer India Workplace Equality Index 2022
A collective commitment toward giving back
As a firm, we strive to make a positive impact within the communities we operate. Through philanthropic efforts and social impact initiatives, we support and collaborate with non-profits to ensure we’re contributing to the betterment of our society. We also encourage our employees to be involved citizens and take part in this work because, together, we can amplify our efforts.
As a BlackRock employee, you’re encouraged to make a personal impact on the lives of others and contribute to society in purposeful ways.
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Volunteers
Through our networks, employees can access local volunteer opportunities with colleagues in their office to give back to their communities. Employees receive two days off each year to volunteer their time and talents.
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Gives
Our 24 BlackRock Gives Committees, located in offices around the globe, serve as stewards of BlackRock’s philanthropic culture by awarding funding to local non-profits nominated by their colleagues each year.
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Matches
We amplify the impact of your personal donations by matching your contributions to eligible organizations each year, dollar for dollar, up to $10,000 (or local equivalent). When crises hit our communities, we activate 2:1 matching campaigns for employee donations to support organizations working on the ground. We also match your volunteer time at $25 per hour.
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Foundation
The BlackRock Foundation identifies and seeds philanthropic capital into solutions that need investment to become mainstream. For example, our Emergency Savings Initiative tests and scales savings solutions to create short-term financial stability for vulnerable workers, customers and communities.
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