Barclays reviews

too much middle management who produce nothing, dip into the bonus pool, engage in politics, back stabbing, and generally interfere with otherwise successfully run businesses. Rate of growth slowing, middle management clutching at straws to justify their existence, at detriment to morale. I'd expect a mass exodus soon!They have no strategic insight to grow the business, do nothing but hire graduates and interns, and fire experienced money making staff, to give the appearance they're improving the bottom line.

- Very political environment, in my team anyways, with a closely knit 'old guard' of people who have been with barcap for a long time, mostly british people, against a number of new hires, mostly Europeans. There is somewhat of a difference of culture, and in takes a long time and a fair amount of diplomacy to get through - Bank is less well organised than other investment banks, with less efficient support teams and more amateurish processes.