Bad teamwork & work-life balance - Front End Developer Barclays Employee Review

1.0
Mar 11, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pretty offices, mcbook, hi-tech 3d printer, playstation zone, unlimited sickdays, home-office, fully paid sick leave, pilates class once a week.

Cons

No teamwork, if you get stuck youre on your own. They dont have enough senior developers so they employ even those who are toxic & rude to junior/mid devs. The office culture our team leader was pushing was that you leave work when the job is done, even if its 9pm, one time i left at 8pm and received a call to get back, also dont expect your overtime to be paid or acknowledged, i regret all those extra weekends i put in. Overall its a nice looking place with great benefits, but the work-life balance is pretty bad.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Can’t think of 1. Not even 1.

Cons

Pay is the lowest compared to similar company with the same role. Upper management speaks to staff with a patronizing tone; cutting them off, and talking down to them. At times it felt like they purposefully were attempting to find things wrong instead of working together as a team to meet objectives. Understaffed. Fully expected to do the work of a team of 6 despite being a team of 2 for example.

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