Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,079 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 22,079 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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1.0
May 27, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good colleagues to work with.

Cons

If you consider yourself to be a good software developer, heed this warning: avoid BGI like the plague. BGI has major problems recruiting good software engineers, but it's track record of keeping them is far worse. In many parts of BGI - although not all - there is no difference between what a support engineer does and what a software engineer does. Work does not follow any sort of process and is not project based, and you would be lucky if you had a project manager, and even luckier if you have any BA or QA resources. Considering the amount of money this company manages on behalf of clients, this lack of quality assurance is disrespectful to clients at best or criminal at worst. I used to call that random, unmanaged way of developing software "the bad old days", but trust me, it's carrying on live and well at BGI! There is also an ethic of cutting corners in IT wherever possible, even if it means that quality will be lower or costs higher in the long run.

4.0
May 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

My team has a great culture, people all generally pull in the same direction and are keen to help.

Cons

Bureaucracy can sometimes be stifling. As with any large organisation experiences can really vary depending on what division and team you work in.

1.0
May 19, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people who actually get the work done - The Associates

Cons

Absolutely indifferent management - non communictive, unreasonable, and appallingly insensitive immediate and top management

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