Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,148 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,148 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 Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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22K reviews
2.0
Jun 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and benefits with flexible working hours. Working from home is always an option

Cons

There is no accountability for poor performance. Management lives in it's own little boys club patting themselves on the back preaching this "Go to bank" nonsense as vrevenues fall and clients run out the door. The amount of self righteous notifications to their employees on how the Transform plan is working out is sickening as they continue to miss revenue estimates.

2.0
Feb 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Resume building. One of few companies to offer a pension

Cons

The want to be bulge bracket but pay the minimum they can. They offer salary + "addition fixed pay" + tiny bonus. The effect of this is that they avoid UK taxes on bonuses, but do not need to commit to raising actual base pay and benefits based on it. Salaries have not be raised in IT for 3 years. Also by giving everyone "addition fixed pay" it reduces the abillity to differentiate between A and C employees. Raises in total comp to top employees was less than 2% for some departments -- not much different than C employees; Why work hard if there is no possibility of reward?

1.0
Feb 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Strong Learning Experience – Barclays provides exposure to SAS, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, and Unix scripting, allowing employees to develop strong technical and analytical skills. Challenging & High-Impact Projects – Opportunities to work on fraud analytics, customer remediations, and reporting automation, which helped in professional growth. Decent Benefits – The company offers 401k matching, health insurance, and severance pay (though severance is taxed heavily). Talented & Hardworking Colleagues – Many employees are dedicated professionals who strive to deliver results despite poor leadership.

Cons

Toxic Leadership & Favoritism – One of the worst managers I’ve worked under. She treated employees terribly, played blatant favorites, and created a toxic work environment. Many suffered under her leadership, yet no action was ever taken. Credit Theft & Bias – Some employees were constantly given credit for others’ work, while the real contributors were overlooked. Severe Workload Imbalance – I was handling the work of 15 people for nearly a year due to high turnover and no replacements being hired. Instead of hiring more staff, management kept pushing unrealistic expectations onto existing employees. No Career Growth or Recognition – Promotions and raises were based on favoritism rather than performance. Employees who worked hard were often ignored, while managers’ favorites moved up quickly. High School Bully Culture & Silly Rules – Instead of fostering a professional work environment, some managers acted like high school bullies, playing favorites and enforcing petty, unnecessary rules to make employees’ lives harder. Unrealistic Deadlines & Constant Pressure – The manager never had realistic expectations, yet she kept shortening deadlines just to pressure the team. This created constant stress, unnecessary panic, and burnout. High Turnover Due to Poor Leadership – Employees constantly left the company, but management refused to acknowledge or fix the problem. Layoffs & Internal Hiring Corruption – After being laid off, I applied for internal roles, but none of the VPs showed respect or fairness. Many roles were pre-booked for family members or friends, making the internal hiring process a joke. Personal Vendettas in Hiring – A VP outright rejected my profile because the friend who referred me for the role had just been promoted to the same VP level. Instead of evaluating candidates based on merit, some leaders used personal grudges to block deserving employees.

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