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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 category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      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
      2.0
      Feb 14, 2020

      Toxic culture

      Vp-technology
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The cards business continues to grow. Base compensation is fair compared to the market.

      Cons

      The culture within cards & payments is very toxic. The CIO reports into the COO, which means Technology is run like Ops. Senior management seems to think technology people are exchangeable like people in a call center. The focus is on people being in the office from 9-5, instead of looking at true outcomes. No flexibility for remote work. Although the cards business is doing well and growing, bonuses are down year after year after year. New management In Cards & Payments is looking for opportunities to move positions to India.

      2.0
      Jan 14, 2020

      Bad Experience

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent salary, work-life balance

      Cons

      Horrible technologies, bad projects, incredible bureaucracy, nobody wants to improve anything

      2.0
      Jan 2, 2020

      A place for mediocrity

      It engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good work/life balance - Supportive of activities outside of work (I was able to complete a graduate program while working full time) - Generally nice people

      Cons

      - A lot of the smart, “go-getter” types of people have left; somehow the place is now full of people who are around to just collect a paycheck - Lack of strategic direction, constant turnover of leadership and each new leader comes up with a strategy that is radically different from the previous one and basically teams have to abandon previous projects because there is a new pet technology to convert to; projects are constantly being decommissioned or converted to the new tech stack but never fully completed before a new leader comes along - No opportunities for growth - Zero investment for training

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