Pros: Great environment to work in, being both friendly and professional. Intelligent employees. Ambitious company, always looking to grow. Lots of cutting-edge technologies being used. Very nice offices. Decent work-life balance.

Cons: Infrastructure needs to move to the cloud quicker. Agile ceremonies are not being used efficiently enough. Fortnightly retrospective meetings lack action points to facilitate sufficient continuous improvement within teams. Some teams are too large to even be classed as agile. This results in daily stand-up meetings consistently going over 30 minutes. More training is required for some technologists to give them a better understanding of the upstream/downstream business processes surrounding the software they are creating or maintaining.

Pros: Great, approachable people passionate about technology. A generous budget for learning and development, with plenty of opportunities for either in-house or external conferences/meet-ups. Good benefits, especially the new pension contribution scheme and unlimited time off.

Cons: Lots of red tape, e.g., around software release, which slows down innovation. Lots of communication, e.g., emails, meetings, and messaging, which takes time away from product development. At times, it can be challenging to balance work/life, but ultimately, it is up to you to set boundaries and have open conversations with managers.

Pros: - Good pay - Nice people - Industry-leading product

Cons: - Office lacks modern facilities, a gym, a good canteen, etc. - Many people have been there for a long time and only know the BlackRock way of doing things. - Bad processes.