Barclays reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,126 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 22,126 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 19, 2011

Just OK

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Lots of work - Chances gain business and technical knowledge - Fair amount of job stability for top performers

Cons

- Appraisal process is not very employee focussed - Promotion is not based on merit - Compensation is mediocre as compared to other banks in the city

2.0
Jan 17, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are quite driven and some are willing to share their knowledge. Senior people are very understanding when you need to take days off for personal reasons.

Cons

Senior management doesn't seem to be approachable, and not enough communication from their side.

1.0
Jan 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- decent work/life balance - not too stressful work environment - good comraderie amongst co-workers

Cons

- leadership lacking amongst senior managers - very little to non-existent transparency on promotion/career development - poor compensation structure particularly in bonus payouts - no dynamic in workplace - system infrastructure still very poor - too many projects that seemingly lose traction after roll out

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