Barclays reviews

Aggressive atmosphere is encouraged by management, client-stealing and deal-grabbing happen frequently. If the person attempting to steal your clients/deals happens be senior to you, there is very little that you can do. Also, constant changes - some good, some bad. My manager/reporting lines changed more than once every year the entire time I was there - this was not unusual. Moving teams within the firm is extremely difficult - better to leave altogether, as any attempt to move to a different position will be viewed by your manager as an insult. They would rather see you leave the firm than have a possible negative reflection upon themselves. Therefore very important to know the team before you join - there are as many good teams in the firm as bad ones. Barclays Group presents a bit of bureaucracy to deal with, but Barcap is largely insulated from this.

Career growth for an IT professional is limited. Even though BGI has a large IT organization, it is managed primarily by career managers who often have little experience in the areas they manage. Worse yet, the product management presence at BGI is comprised primarily of MBA types with no experience in web products and who insist on a vertical top-down command style of product development. There doesn't seem to be a good working relationship between technical and design professionals and their in-house clients and product managers. I've witnessed BGI make many serious mistakes. If you'd like to relive the mistakes of 1998, then you'll love web development and online product development at BGI.