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
Nov 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great support from senior management. People are easy-going.Overall working environment is good. Benefits are in line with the market rates.

Cons

extremely long working hours for summer interns, 18+. Juniors are not supportive to new joiners. Recruitment process is a little difficult to follow.

4.0
Nov 1, 2010

Good but not superb

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's growing and expanding very fast. Good for starting a career in finance. it also offers a lot of opportunities for graduates fresh out of school.

Cons

Still trying to fight its way up there. in the US, it is still less known than the big firms like GS, MS, JPM etc.

3.0
Oct 29, 2010

Barclays Capital

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company with ambitious growth plans great leader and senior management now seen as one of the global player in Investment banking

Cons

long hours total comp not at the level of its main competitors

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