Great place to work before you retire - AVP-Java Developer Barclays Employee Review

4.0
Sep 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Reasonable pay, not much pressure

Cons

Almost impossible to do anything. Communication between departments is completely nuts, QA does not care what are the changes to test, developers are getting tasks from business already after deadline with critical priority :D, critical tasks in progress are sometimes completely redefined every day, releases are joke. Everything is super restricted and there is no clear path to change anything. Tools are chosen by business people (although devs are regularly surveyed if they have the tools to deliver great results and then ignored) Starting to restrict remote work.

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5.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

Chill and work life balance

Cons

no money, no increment, check

2.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Can’t think of 1. Not even 1.

Cons

Pay is the lowest compared to similar company with the same role. Upper management speaks to staff with a patronizing tone; cutting them off, and talking down to them. At times it felt like they purposefully were attempting to find things wrong instead of working together as a team to meet objectives. Understaffed. Fully expected to do the work of a team of 6 despite being a team of 2 for example.

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