It's ok until the recession lifts - Technology Analyst Barclays Employee Review

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.

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Cons

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Pros

Workload is manageable they don’t put too much on you. Hybrid you come into office once a week.

Cons

Some managers are nice some are not and if you have a manager who doesn’t like you it will make the job stressful. If you get a zero for QA part of your bonus will be gone and if you get 3 within a 7 month period you will have to come into office 3 days a week and be on a final and will not get a bonus, bonuses could be higher in my opinion, if your not a good collector they could be as low as $500-$700 every 3 months if your a decent collector they could be $1500 every 3 months if your a good collector they could be $2250-$3375 every 3 months but the base pay isn’t high enough either it’s 50k to 56k all around just not enough money

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