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Crisis mode company

Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at BlackRock for 2 years
April 14, 2018
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Blackrock has brought some large business deals, and opportunities have been created for people to move up the chain. This is still a great place to be if you are interested in finance and learning more about it. It's also good for project management roles.

Cons

FutureAdvisor never made the transition from a dozen-person startup to a scalable enterprise software company. Its tech stack is still mostly outdated and hard to maintain.

Product and technology are in a state of constant flux, and the company is losing a lot of people. This is mostly due to the company changing direction very frequently and never settling down into any sort of rhythm. Employees are clearly feeling burned out, and management turns a blind eye to the situation.

A lot of benefits will be gone in a few months and will cause another round of exits and reorgs.

Advice to Management

I know that you are between a rock and a hard place. A lot of decisions you make are due to pressure from above and client demands. I wish you luck.

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