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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
      2.0
      Feb 10, 2011

      before the Lehman acquisition, it was great. Now it sucks

      Vice president, it
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Resume building. One of few companies to offer a pension

      Cons

      The want to be bulge bracket but pay the minimum they can. They offer salary + "addition fixed pay" + tiny bonus. The effect of this is that they avoid UK taxes on bonuses, but do not need to commit to raising actual base pay and benefits based on it. Salaries have not be raised in IT for 3 years. Also by giving everyone "addition fixed pay" it reduces the abillity to differentiate between A and C employees. Raises in total comp to top employees was less than 2% for some departments -- not much different than C employees; Why work hard if there is no possibility of reward?

      1.0
      Oct 7, 2010

      politics at the coal face

      Developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good technology, fast moving and challenging. Well paid.

      Cons

      Stressful, competitive. Lack of management support. No training, little interest in career development. Long hours. Every man for himself. Not collaborative.

      1.0
      Oct 4, 2010

      Stay away from it.

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Salary is at par with the industry standard. -Perception is ok -Not a bad name to have on the CV

      Cons

      - Very weak processes - Middle/senior managers are rubbish , dont know how to manage. - Politics,Politics and more Politics - Team work is non existant - Way projects are handled is amateurish - Hire and Fire...people were let go after being onsite for 7-8 weeks only. - Barcap's work culture will be evident soon after you join

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