Barclays reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,122 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,122 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
3.0
Jun 9, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Barclays compensation package is good especially compared to available jobs in the area. Opportunities to get involved in fund-raising and charity events.

Cons

This may be the particular location but there is a 'small town mentality'. Team leaders have an inflated sense of their own importance, and pick their favourites in a team. Often people will be asked to 'act up' which basically means they get more work out of you than you are paid for - this is not rewarded with the promotions promised. Team leaders pick their favourites and judge staff on how well they flatter them, not how competent they are at the job. Bullies are not dealt with, despite numerous reports from many people.

3.0
Jun 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

When it came to developing software, BGI did a better job than some of the software companies I've worked for. BGI was trying to put development processes into place which is certainly better than no process.

Cons

BGI used to be a great place to work until they were bought out by BlackRock. BlackRock dragged BGI 5 years back. Process got dumped out the window.

3.0
Jun 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very good compensation plan especially when compared with other organisations or similar roles. Good work life balance with abilty to work from home

Cons

Very political and hiearachical environment, compensation programm might drive in appropriate behaviour, decsions not made in a timely and effective manner

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