Barclays reviews

Where to start. The main issue is that Barclays changes on what sometimes feels like a fortnightly basis and internal empires are constantly being fought, won and lost by execs. The constant change is never ending and causes so much stress and uncertainty within what can sometimes be a hostile working environment. If you challenge or speak up, your career has ended...it boasts about values but breaks every one as an organisation.

Global Technology in Barclays, or JPBarclays as it is now, is a complete mess. I can't overstate how much of a disaster it is. There's barely any talent left - the current employees are either on visas so cannot leave, or are too stupid or lazy to find another position externally. Promotions are absolutely impossible to come by, hiring is frozen across high cost centers, and requests to replace staff who quit have to be vetted by the CEO's team. There's so much bureaucracy it's impossible to get any real work done - rebooting a development server takes around 4 hours and 3 phone calls. Nothing actually works properly, from the helpdesk to the infrastructure services, so when a process or task completes successfully it's a surprise and quite possibly accidental.