Government job (in a bad way) - Senior Software Developer Barclays Employee Review

1.0
Mar 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Policies are quite good. Cultural activities and values are given respect. Great for open minded people who believe in equal opportunity. You are encouraged to grow but only on paper.

Cons

I was hired as a developer but I'm doing development work for only about 5% of my time. Rest is all taked up by management and bureaucracy. This feels like a government job. 1 day's work takes 1 month here. I mean 1 month to fix a bad sql query!! There is no knowledge transfer at all, so if you are unfamiliar with their business logic and kind of systems they use then you are left on your own. You have to fight and beg for little information. Secondly there is no clear HR policies and helpline. I'm here for more than 8 months yet to meet any hr personnel (haven't even met my recruiter, only phone), somethings can't be dealt with via a online form. No proper way to submit tax claims or get more information about policies. Everything is slow. They use outdated technologies. But are trying to improve though. There are no onsite opportunities. I wont recommend to anyone who is hungry to work and learn new things. Also their code quality is not up to snuff so wont recommend it to a fresher as they will learn bad practices.

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Barclays Response
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Thank you for taking time out to visit our page and post your views. We are quite disappointed by the negative experiences you may have had. As one of the oldest and most respectable names in the banking industry we do our best to ensure just and fair treatment of all our employees. We regret any disappointing experiences you may have had, and this feedback does help us work towards being better in future.

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