Large asset managers such as BlackRock (NYSE: BLK ) and Vanguard have cited managing "human capital" as a priority for companies in which they invest. Yet they have been reluctant to publicly press companies to avoid layoffs during the crisis. Vanguard told Reuters it "recognizes the need for companies to exercise judgment and flexibility as they balance short- and long-term business considerations". BlackRock did not respond with a statement when contacted for comment. "Profits should be shared with the workers who actually create them," U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a long-standing critic of share buybacks, told Reuters in an email. "It's just wrong for big corporations to reward the wealthy or top executives with more stock buybacks, while closing facilities and laying off workers."