Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,138 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 22,138 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 Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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22K reviews
4.0
Dec 7, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Strong desire to change for the better Great working culture Good career opportunities Meritocracy approach Good management at top of company

Cons

Aggressive growth now being scaled back Still suffering from Lehmans integration Becoming too US focused Not enough strategic thinking - too often it's the quick buck

2.0
Dec 6, 2010

Barclay Bank in Delaware

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Barclays Bank of Delaware does in fact pay very well in comparision to many other industries.

Cons

When you actually figure out the time required to be spent at work as well as the difficult environment the hourly wage comes out much less than expected. You are always having to do 200% with no down time and fire fighting instead of planning. Often encouragement to do more overtime and work is done with whips and bats instead of understanding that they have asked the same people to do 200% for the past 8 continious months..

2.0
Dec 3, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Used to be a good brand in the card industry

Cons

New CEO came in from Amex. Pretty weak leadership accross the board. Seems to have issues with trusting people and delegating.

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