Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,139 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,139 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
Jun 22, 2011

Dysfunctional organisation

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Pros

Smart offices and some very good people mainly overhired and underemployed. Ambitious growth plans to try to break in to the top tier of private banks.

Cons

You are expected to run to stand still while the organisation continues to hire only "A players" and force ranks existing staff to meet the "vitality curve". Roles tend to be execution focussed and staff seem to be afraid of not being in "back-to-back" meetings in case they are thought to have some slack. Consequently challenge and debate is not welcome as everyone is hoping that they will end meetings early to get a breather in before the next. Low morale and employee engagement - almost none of it emotional. Long hours and presentee culture. Consequently vulnerable to losing staff who to other FI's who will happily bid up the price for staff whose only real reason to stay is the money.

3.0
Jun 21, 2011
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Pros

Good brand and market recognition - looks good on a CV. Working heavily with emerging markets - good exposure versus other banks.

Cons

Product set quite standard and not too sophisticated. Little room for growth as most teams quite saturated. Rely too heavily on soft targets such as number of calls made.

1.0
Jun 20, 2011

frustrating environment,awful bonus.

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Pros

-Get to work on best possible projects - Possibility of taking leaves.

Cons

-Heavily political -Everybody looks for a scapegoat -No good interaction between teams. Its always about screwing each other. -awful bonus. -awful review. -totally inefficient institution -Promotion process is opaque.

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