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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

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      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
      2.0
      Jun 2, 2014

      Management out of touch with reality

      Assistant vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Good pay and benefits with flexible working hours. Working from home is always an option

      Cons

      There is no accountability for poor performance. Management lives in it's own little boys club patting themselves on the back preaching this "Go to bank" nonsense as vrevenues fall and clients run out the door. The amount of self righteous notifications to their employees on how the Transform plan is working out is sickening as they continue to miss revenue estimates.

      1.0
      May 10, 2014

      Pathetic company to work with. Hell lot of politics and pressure (not work but political pressure).

      Manager
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Compensation is good but not the best as compared to other captive untis (like other British and American banks - like BoA, Morgan Stanley, RBS, JPMC). Compensation is peanuts as compared to the amount of work that one is made to do. There is work from home options but seldom. Hike is above industry average, but many are sacrificed for others to get a decent hike. Trainings are good.

      Cons

      Heavy politics. Need to use all the talent not to do productive technical work but to save skin and avoid from getting trapped. Very ugly competition at top level that percolates down. Need to fight with peers in other teams only because the bosses are competitive and fighting out. Worked in several banks prior to this, and never experienced a culture as bad. Work pressure is no less, as they make a person do 2-3 persons' work. Growth is slow as it is in any captive unit. No one is helpful. No one likes questions being asked. Manager does not like if you ask him/her questions. Manager does not like even if you do not ask him something and ask someone else. Huge resource problems. You are expected to do work, but never provided with resources. Some managers are very psycho. They make life of their employees difficult only so that they can help them with resources later and get a sense of achievement. Work hours are extremely stress-full, but after that you are not disturbed till next day (but its difficult to get rid of the thoughts of activities that happened throughout the day).

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