Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,145 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 22,145 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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3.0
Nov 10, 2020

Just OK

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Pros

Good Salary and good location. Nice people except some of the management.

Cons

Some really bad managers. Some are ok but there are others that are authoritarian and micro manage you to the point of reading your emails. Depends which team you end up on. Work is tedious and boring.

1.0
Oct 27, 2020
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Pros

If you read the story below you will not be surprised I do not have anything positive to report

Cons

The worst professional experience in my life!!! A toxic environment and a CFO not capable of holding his word. Disrespectful and unethical behavior.  After eight interviews I decided to join Barclaycard to lead a team of four finance analysts. This is what I was promised and what I agreed to. The first day I joined and without any previous notice I was informed that my role changed and I had to co-lead the team with a colleague that was already in the team in the same role the last 15 years. It was the first time in my life I heard the term "Dual-leadership". When I asked why this change happened and what was the plan moving forward, I got from the CFO a high level response that growth opportunities might exist in the future. On top, the colleague who was officially the leader of the team, was refusing to handover to me any element of the work, downplaying me constantly by taking advantage of his powerful position in the organization and pushing me to the limits. After two months I decided to quit. I paid a huge personal and professional cost to join them because I simply believed that they would have offered me the role we agreed to. However, the CFO was not capable of holding on his word. An unbelievable behavior. Of course, I did not even hear an apology from him for the inconvenience his decision caused to me.

1.0
Oct 22, 2020

Never going back

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Pros

Good pay and bonus Nothing more is good

Cons

No understanding of work No work life balance Managers just scold unecessarily and put fault on other people No one values the work

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