Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,143 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 22,143 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
4.0
Apr 12, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Strong corporate culture, management's implicit trust in employees, visible employee pride in working at BGI, competitive benefits package, reputation of firm.

Cons

Consensus-driven decision-making slowed innovation; promotion criteria unequally applied throughout firm; cross-functional career movement was implicitly encouraged, but not actively supported.

2.0
Apr 9, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Big brand name . Lots of employess. Good pay. Friendly and smalrt people to work with, but lots of competition.

Cons

Nothing really. Except for competition every else is really good. Good cafeteria to eat food and startbucks to frunk coffee.

4.0
Mar 31, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to get solid financial knowledge. Opportunities plenty to work and improve on your leadership and management skills

Cons

Not so great of an appraisal system. Visibility is the key to everything. If you are visible then you are there if not its a done deal.

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