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      Barclays

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      Barclays reviews

      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,147 total reviews)
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      C.S. Venkatakrishnan

      85% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,147 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
      1.0
      Mar 14, 2020

      One of the worst experiences of my life.

      Credit risk associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Parking was available. There was a pension scheme.

      Cons

      I was based in Coventry Westwood business park personal risk. This was my first job after leaving University. It was just a really horrible place to work. I think you would call it a culture of 'passive aggressive' bullying now. Memories of this was an office whereby nobody spoke to anyone. Silence was the norm for the whole day. My job was to in effect understudy a contractor with the intention of taking over her job! She who didn't want to lose her job. This put me in a very awkward position. She reported to the head of the department that I couldn't do my job with my inevitable dismissal due to incompetence. It took me a while to get my confidence and career back on track. I don't think I will ever truly recover from it.

      1.0
      Mar 9, 2020

      No growth, lots of ceilings

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work life balance.. unless there's a release. In which case you can expect to work overtime daily + weekends.

      Cons

      Micro management all around with no regards for technical growth. No consideration for employees career growth/learning curve. Only thing that matters is mechanical deliverables.

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      Barclays Response
      6y
      Thanks for taking the time to post a review. Disappointing to read that you did not feel you had the freedom to manage yourself and your workload. I can see you worked in Whippany so I will pass on your comments so we can learn from them.
      1.0
      Mar 4, 2020

      By far the worst job I’ve ever had.

      Vice president - technology
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There was genuinely nothing positive about working here. Even the compensation was not worth the frustration.

      Cons

      Ineffective management, absolutely zero autonomy given to subject matter experts, unrealistic expectations and timelines, horrible processes solely for process sake, constantly changing priorities, and little value places in their most valuable employees.

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