Barclays reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,128 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,128 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
Jan 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* best compensation on the market * complex IT tasks to do * good working environment

Cons

* no work/life balance * no respect to nearshoring employees by London * untransparent appraisal and promotion process * heavy politics * no vision, strict focus on delivery no matter how inefficient it is

2.0
Jan 23, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Name recognition of one of the biggest investment banks - Good office location (Singapore) - Occasional tech trainings are available - Good bonuses to permanent staff (See Cons)

Cons

- Very high attrition rate - People are easily let go regardless of tenureship - Shifting schedule changes every week which is very taxing to the body - Incompetent upper management (GTA) - Unfair treatment of contract staff against permanent - Diversity is working against the production of the team - Very high politics

4.0
Jan 22, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are good to work with, overall competent. Benefits is good or better than average compared to other UK banks. The culture is quite good and you can feel people are proud to be working there.

Cons

Bureaucracy just like any other large corporation, although not uncommon for this type of financial services firm. People look at your job grade first, then your title, then your name.

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