Barclays reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,149 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

84% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,149 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
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

2.0
Jan 1, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent team. Reasonably flexible. Lots of work.

Cons

Unrealistic expectations with respect to deliverables. Business disengaged. No respect for quality criteria other than time to market. Non technical management seem to do well rather than technical people.

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