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      Barclays

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      Barclays reviews

      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,115 total reviews)
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      C.S. Venkatakrishnan

      85% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,115 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Barclays employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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      22K reviews
      1.0
      Jan 20, 2015

      Most ill mannered and group of idiots and liers

      Process advisor
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good company but top management all scoundrels

      Cons

      Managers at barclaycard are simply pathetic people don't listen and understand your problems manager blocks his team member from his fone and say that collegie fif not turn up

      2.0
      Jan 15, 2015

      Complete dysfunction at the senior management level

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Those professionals left standing are, for the most part, hard working, intelligent and consciencious. They do attempt to provide quality service to their clients across the full spectrum of financial products. They have a massive footprint in almost every market globally and their aren't many things they cannot transact as a bank.

      Cons

      Senior management is terrified of public perception. It almost felt as if they'd rather have happy headlines than happy employees and stock holders. Morale is awful. Barclays did not grow organically in the United States post the Lehman acquisition. The result of that has been 6 years of purges and downsizes and business realignments. Barclays wants to be the biggest and has lost sight of the fact that its more important to be the best at a few things than very mediocre in everything. Compensation, by all acounts, is 20-30% lower than counterparts at other similar shops.

      2.0
      Oct 22, 2014

      Low morale

      Vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Barclays Capital is still being considered a good name in the street, so it is good to have it on your CV when going to interview somewhere else. And base salaries are still good.

      Cons

      Since Barclays' CEO announced major redundancy plans, including 30% in investment banking until 2016, people stopped working. It is difficult to find a person keen to develop business. The majority spends more time discussing who else is hiring, who is a good headhunter, who will be fired next etc. You feel very low morale.

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