Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,079 total reviews)
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85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,079 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
Feb 19, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Somewhat stable, investing in technology (depending what division your in) and they did not take any UK bailout money.

Cons

British Bank... "I am BarCap hear me roar" !! Seriously, as an ex-Lehman employee, working at a British Bank kind of blows. All culture is driven out of the UK, and the Brit's , well...... I have also found the merger to be confusing and somewhat difficult to adjust to. I can see the inventive and creative personalities of the Lehman employees smashing up against the thier terse British counter parts. I think as the dust settles, it will eventually smooth out but not sure in who's favor it is headed. Lehman wa a great shop that made some foolish (Fuld) investments and now we all pay the price for the incompetance of a few.

5.0
Feb 17, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good company, strong brand, results oriented workplace. People friendly, very job and delivery focussed. Low overall bureaucracy, if you have problems, sort them out.

Cons

Longer hours, heavy delivery schedule.

3.0
Feb 12, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

You work with brightest people in the industry. There are opportunities to enhance your skillset not just related to your work but in other fields as well. Barclays has prop seminars that would rate as top of the line. Compensation is decent.

Cons

Career growth is very limited. There is no transparency in the promotion or appraisal process. The work culture is changing to "top down". Bureaucracy is on the increase.

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