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      Barclays

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      Barclays reviews

      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,136 total reviews)
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      C.S. Venkatakrishnan

      85% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

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      Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,136 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
      Mar 28, 2011

      Poorly managed firm will have trouble capitalizing on its opportunity

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Plenty of opportunity to grow the brand/business in the USA. Money being spent on the Barclays Wealth business. Firm will write big checks to attract top producers. High payouts. Small investment management group with a lot of access to key decision makers and senior resources. A few very smart and impressive people if you are willing to look for them.

      Cons

      Borderline incompetent management hired from ML making very retail decisions. Investment platform is incomplete and incredibly slow to develop. Technology systems are antiquated. The internal culture is poisonous and much of the support staff is non-responsive or diligent. Those with the opportunity to go elsewhere almost always do.

      2.0
      May 6, 2010

      Delusions of grandeur

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Generally likeable and fairly talented people * Interesting, challenging work

      Cons

      * Hugely political at senior levels * Terrible infrastructure (systems and processes), making it far more difficult to get things done than it should be * Bureaucratic, especially when dealing with HR-related issues

      1.0
      Mar 24, 2010

      Jobs for the boys

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good base pay, reasonable franchise, great team of traders and sales staff who generate the revenue, excellent teamwork, great communication and understanding between desks, sales and trading.

      Cons

      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.

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